doves

If you follow my husband's blog or Facebook status updates, you may remember this. For about 6 weeks now, we've had some personal stuff that's been weighing heavily on our minds. Early on, Larry was sitting in the front yard one day & spotted 2 doves hanging around in the trees above our yard. Remember, we live in a neighborhood of a million trees, and the fact that these doves were in the trees by OUR yard was kind of interesting. I mean, they could've chosen the trees of a thousand other yards, but they were in ours. In the Bible, doves are often used symbolically to represent the Holy Spirit. Larry was comforted by seeing these doves. Especially when they continued to show up every day & linger around our yard all day. It's as if the presence of God is hovering over our home during a tough time.

For nearly 6 weeks now, we've seen the doves daily. Sometimes they come & walk around our front yard, just the two of them. It's been so nice to see them together, as a team like Larry & I. No matter the weather, they're here every day. They don't seem to hit the bird feeders like other birds that show up....they're just here. When we see them on the electrical wires, they're always facing our house, like they're watching us.

We were just in the yard talking about the 'stuff' that we've been talking through all this time and I happened to look up & spot a dove. I pointed it out to Larry & we looked around to see if we could find his partner. Sure enough, just a few yards away, there it was.

Thank you, Father, for your presence. We feel you. We can hear you. We smell your sweet scent. We trust you.