Once there was a widow who lived alone. She was terribly lonely. She went to a big pet shop and after looking at the various pets available, she bought a prize talking parrot.
“This will cheer me up,” she thought as she excitedly brought it home.
Several days went by and the parrot hadn’t uttered a sound. She went back to the pet shop owner and complained.
“What it needs is a ladder for the cage,” the man said. “When it goes up and down, it’ll start talking.”
But the parrot didn’t utter a word. So the widow returned and complained.
“Ah, what it needs is a swing,” the owner said. But a week went by, and still the bird didn’t talk.
Another week passed and the woman went back to the pet store, this time mournful. She reported inconsolably that the expensive parrot had died. The owner was embarrassed. “Didn’t it say anything at all?”
“Yes,” said the widow. “As it drew its last breaths, it said feebly: “Don’t they have bird food in the pet store?” The owner was so preoccupied with the bird’s various needs that she forgot the one most basic need — food!
We also need food - physically and spiritually. The Word of God contained on the pages of the Bible, is food for our entire being. Heed these words from God...
“...man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 8:11
“How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103
“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11
Loving and Leading,
Jeff Powell
