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Ah, the lovely sounds of the country…humming tractors, chickens clucking, peaceful winds blowing through the trees and the crowing of a rooster. The rooster at the farm next to me started crowing early this one morning. I smiled, loving the sound. The second hour of his music, I went outside and sat on my deck to hear it even better. The third hour of this noise, I laughed, wondering when he was going to stop. By the fifth hour of this nonstop chatter, I was not laughing or smiling anymore. I was ready to go clobber me one big bird. My lovely country music turned into one aggravating, annoying piece of noise!
Does this sound like anyone you know? I’m not a big talker but I can chew my husband’s ear off when I have him trapped in the porch swing. I have found myself (yes, even me) rambling on and on. My sweet husband may want to smack me on the head, but he just smiles. I know when he has had enough. He will stand up and stretch and I know he wants to go in then.
The Bible has a lot to say on what we crow about. Ephesians 5:19 says, “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs.” By hour 4, I’m thinking I need to go recite Ephesians 5:4 to the neighbor rooster…”There should be no obscenity, foolish talking or coarse joking.” His singing had turned into foolish talk as far as I was concerned. I wanted to give him a piece of my mind. Then I had to recite Ephesians 4:29 to myself…”Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.” Later on it says to get rid of brawling and slander. OK, I wasn’t going to go brawling with a rooster and if I’m slandering him, I apologize. But a good reminder for us all to always check our own crowing and pray it will glorify our Lord.
Upon further pondering, I decided maybe I have this rooster all wrong. The Bible also says we are to have praise on our lips. This day was gorgeous. Maybe he was just praising. This isn’t as far fetched as it sounds. Psalm 145:21 says, “Let every CREATURE praise His holy name. Maybe the rooster was. . . Ok. . .maybe I need to eat crow about now. I have been known to go all day praising the Father in my home, not just where all the neighbors could hear. Maybe that’s my lesson for this day. That my praises should be heard all throughout the day reaching to the Heavens, no matter who else may hear. Jesus has done SO much for all of us. Let’s don’t hold back. Let’s open those windows and shout to the Lord all of our thanks and gratitude and love for Him. I know it could take me all day and more to cover it all. How about you?
I think we have something to crow about!
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Hi Kristin. this is a lovely post. I have been pondering about perspective myself lately.
God bless
Tracy
Love this, Kristin! I want to shout out His name from the rooftop. I think this rooster had the right idea. :)
Lovely thought. I need to crow about my God more often. Thank you for the reminder.
Blessings,
Pamela
funny that today I wrote about birds singing at dawn. Great minds…
And I think maybe your second take on the rooster is the one I heart. All of creation sings praise to our God – I don't think they do it by choice – we are the ones who can do it by choice – and we (read I) need to grow more often – good reminder! Thank you Kristin - and God bless you and yours.
Sounds like a great lesson for us all!
The overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. I know what I want my heart filled with -- my my mouth be a testament to GOOD things!
Very nice. All your rooster talk put a smile on my face. I've gone on a couple mission trips down to the Dominican Rep. and roosters crow there 24/7. I have to wear earplugs to fall asleep! Interestingly enough, I am going back in November and really looking forward to those rooster! Yes, we need to shout His praises every chance we get! thanks.
What a fun, yet thoughtful post!
Oh, Kristin! This was great! I loved it! Praise is my favorite thing. Blessings!
Such a great post, Kristin! And I could relate so well. Across the street, we have a rooster that just won't stop. In fact, he crows most of the night. It's a contest between him and a mockingbird. I guess the street light fools the rooster and he just won't stop. I've gotten used to it and tuned him out. Thank you for your reminder today ---- I have a lot to crow about!
I love my job with Ruby! I am so happy to have found your blog via Ruby! I must say I totally enjoyed this post. It's uplifting and so very true....We Need to Praise Our Father Every day Every Way! It made me smile!!!! Thank you Kristin!! :)
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