the beautiful crow

yesterday i was doing my daily devotionals. i do them in the morning so that i can start off my day with something good. my dovotion said that i should go out side because i was to look for birds. well, i thought this was weird, it tells me to get up to do this in the morning. so it is cold out, so i get a blanket and walk out to the back deck. i sit down on one of our chairs, and cover myself in the blanket that i brought out. oddly, there were NO birds out. so i started to read my devontions, and it told me to pray to God and ask him to show me his most beautiful bird. i thought this was going to be insain. but, it was worth a try. (remember, there are no birds outside) so i bow my head and i pray,
Dear God,
please help me to see the most beautiful bird you have created.
outside this cold morning, show a beautiful bird.
AMEN
right when i opened my eyes, a crow flew over the deck where i was. i was in total shock. i was not just in shock that he showed me a bird when there were none out, but i was amazed that he would choose to show me a crow. my davotions were about soaring on wings like eagles. my mom told me that here, we see all these little birds, and their wings as they fly, are not so gracefull. they take little tiny fluttery flaps. but crows, they glide, yes, they do have a funny call. but if you sit outside and listen to them call and play with each other, you get used to it. the call being very unique, being lound, fun, happy but alarmful at the same time. they don't only care about themselfs. not at all. if crows call five times, that is a warning to other birds that something dangerous is aproching. they need to hide and get away. i want to know why farmers don't like them. yes, they might eat the corn, but who knows, that might be for a good reason. didn't God make them? that would mean that God made them to eat the corn. so that can't be a bad thing. God doesn't make mistakes. crows are one of the most intelligent birds ever. they can learn to talk and they make increadable pets. you may think crows are just pich black and ugly, but really their feathers are rainbow colors. if the sun shines on it just right, you see it. that is how it is with a lot of things. God doesn't always just give you the answers. he doesn't want you to be lazy. you actually have to find things out yourself. i learned from this devotion that you have to look at things another way. with other eyes. i always say, people have two sets of eyes. regular eyes and heavenly eyes. you should always use your heavenly eyes. they show you things you never dreamed of. it is just your choice to use either one. God uses a lot of things like this. if you don't see them, you are not using heavenly eyes. don't judge things before you absolutly know exactly everything about it. take Simon the judge for American Idol for instence. he does his job,and does it well. and doesn't let a lot of people in but most people who have wonderful voices. would if someone had special ed problems and really wanted to sing in this. but didn't have the best voice. Simon would't let him in. because he didn't know everything about it. if God were the judge, he would aspecaily let him in. aspecaily if he blieved in God. and sang a Christian song. if he went to sing, God would let him in. he doesn't judge him by his singing. he judges him by what he believes in. and what he chooses to do with his life. not his bad voice. just think, Simon doesn't let him in, and he goes home and cries and cries and cries. he hears on his T.V that God is now a judge. he believes in God and he goes. God tells Simon to let him in. because of the way he is inside. caring and beautiful. Simon listens to God and now understands. now Simon can't do this every time because he can't let EVERY ONE in. Simon is a great judge. but he can't always go past his judging. and we can't go past our judging on God's Creation. God created Simon special. and we can't judge Simon. God loves everything. He created everything for a purpose. and every thing is beautiful in it's own way. you just have to look at it with heavenly eyes.