Today is a beautiful Sabbath and God is an on time God. I had a song in mind to sing for church but someone else wanted the day to sing one week and I chickened out the following week and assigned someone else.
I was so busy this week that I couldn't get someone else in time. I had prerecorded the song a few Sabbaths ago for when it was my turn and prayed that it would be a blessing. I never sang a full song for church so today May 1st was the first time.
Funny how these past two days have been about storms, and not just the sermon and the two other songs the speaker picked during divine hour.
Yesterday I went to cut my lawn for the first time in two weeks. I rarely let it get past 2 weeks and knew that I wanted to put up the last of the curtains I ordered for my gazebo in the back. I wanted to cut the lawn and clean up out there Friday so after I got home on Sunday I would be able to relax and enjoy the lawn and my son's new garden. I wanted to relax in my gazebo and spent alot on new curtains and a new canopy cover. I have patio furniture, flowers, alot going on out there. I had to stop mowing a few times because of a short sprinkle of rain and when I was on the way to finish the bottom of the hill, a huge gustvof wind came through. My son had run past the gazebo and was over at the patio several yards away. I was pushing the mower and looked up as I saw a huge branch break off from my pine tree in the back yard and pretty much crush the frame of my gazebo.
A few weeks ago, strong winds blew through and threw my gazebo against the fence on its side. I had anchored the posts down with sand bags but this wind was just too strong this year and with the canopy in place, it lifted the entire thing and turned it into a wheel laying against the fence. It escaped with minor damage to the frame. I was able to get it in place with my dad's help and decided to wait on putting the canopy cover and curtains.
Yesterday, that frame was absolutely crushed. I am thankful my son not I were in that area. I was not too far away and actually needed to mow around it. I called my dad over because he has chainsaws and I needed one to cut the branch down into smaller sections.
When he came he offered to cut another huge and potentially damaging branch and I agreed. I took apart what was left of the gazebo frame and now have to clean up the left over branches and buy a new gazebo because I did not purchase all those pavers and do the work to lay them out for nothing.
As I was finishing up I noticed something grey moving in one of the branches. I realized my dad cut down a branch that had a nest of baby doves. Sabbath was approaching so I took the babies, called a bunch of wildlife rescue numbers but no one picked up. I have watched too many videos on Dodo and wildlife rescue so I decided to take the babies in my home and try to care for them.
I stopped by my parent's home and they gave me eggs and bananas and since yesterday and through the early morning I have been trying to feed them frequently banana, hard boiled egg yolk, and strawberry jam, each mixed with water.
I opened my front door this morning and scared a dove away. If it were possible, I would have left the nest out there so its parents could get them but the branch was obliterated and they are too young to even cry out. They just started to open their eyes this morning and have pooped and peed alot.
I am expecting a church sis to stop by and pick up the babies because my work schedules are just too much. I am due for my second covid shot tomorrow and I still have yard clean up to do. Taking care of baby doves is not part of the agreement. My son named them Drake and Lewis. Drake is the better eater and Lewis is extremely picky. What ever names they wanna go by, somebody has to come get them because I can't give them the long term care they need.
I hear a dove calling outside even now. God loves His people and creation and I know there is a reason for all of this. Even in tragedy and trouble, let us remember to praise the Lord.
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