Devotions by Bonnie & Music by Bev

January 2024

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All things bright and Beautiful

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January Devotional

by Bonnie Bates

It certainly looks like winter this morning. Just checked the thermostat on the back porch, nine degrees. As we look out our kitchen windows on this crisp January day a pure white carpet of snow covers our yard and limbs on the trees. The evergreen trees stand still, in their branches adorned in white beauty.

We have been spending time in the kitchen, unable to move from the counter tops a few feet away from the windows over the sink and by the rocking chair. The birds wait patiently on the limbs of the magnolia tree, taking turns landing on the wooden ledge Rick put outside the kitchen window. Four or five can land on the round feeder outside the window by the rocker.

They’re all here, bright Red Cardinals, female cardinals in brown, Blue Jays, Titmice, Red Bellied Woodpeckers and more.

I know I’ve shared birds before, yet as we watch them, we are humbled as they wait patiently for their turn for seeds. I pray that as you look out the windows of your homes you will see the hand of God’s creation all around you, quietly blessing you with his grace and mercy to all His creatures!      Amen bonnie