This story involves two main...
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This story involves two main characters: a mockingbird and a stray cat. The mockingbird had taken up residence in a particular bush just outside a parsonage window. Each morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., it fluttered onto an electrical wire leading from a utility pole into the parsonage and lustily warbled its song to the morning.
Another part of the daily routine involved the bird swooping down to chase the stray cat away from the nest. Apparently, the cat had determined when the mockingbird would take to the wire to sing, the nest was left unattended. So it went, day after day. When the nest erupted with a new hatch, both the singing and the stalking increased in intensity.
One morning, the mockingbird returned to her nest only to discover the cat had made its rounds earlier than usual. The nest was empty and the cat was nowhere to be found. However, the ground beneath the nest bore the ugly evidence of the predator's cruelty.
Pitifully surveying the devastation, the bird hopped from limb to limb in the shrubbery, then to the ground, turning her head curiously from side to side. Presently, she assumed her place on the wire and heartily rendered her song.
Sweet is the song which transcends adversity! Blessed is the person who can say, "I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord is my ... song."
Another part of the daily routine involved the bird swooping down to chase the stray cat away from the nest. Apparently, the cat had determined when the mockingbird would take to the wire to sing, the nest was left unattended. So it went, day after day. When the nest erupted with a new hatch, both the singing and the stalking increased in intensity.
One morning, the mockingbird returned to her nest only to discover the cat had made its rounds earlier than usual. The nest was empty and the cat was nowhere to be found. However, the ground beneath the nest bore the ugly evidence of the predator's cruelty.
Pitifully surveying the devastation, the bird hopped from limb to limb in the shrubbery, then to the ground, turning her head curiously from side to side. Presently, she assumed her place on the wire and heartily rendered her song.
Sweet is the song which transcends adversity! Blessed is the person who can say, "I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord is my ... song."
