Royals vs Orioles part deux

Back to the ball game on Tuesday night. The game was not going real well for the home team, so the crowd was looking for alternative entertainment. Enter the bird on the wire. I said it was an Oriole watching the game, my wife says, "no, stupid, it is a meadowlark."

There is a wire, a cable that runs from the back of the backstop up to the upper deck. On this cable during the game was perched a solitary bird. While everyone wants to catch a foul ball, everyone seemed to be pretty concerned about what this foul might drop into the stands.

The bird sat on the wire. We watched the game. And we kept an eye on the bird. What was he doing?

Later, when the lights came on at the stadium, the purpose for his perching came into clear view. The lights attracted lots of big moths which our bird friend was very interested in. He/she would swoop down from the cable and pick the pesky bugs out of the sky, return to the wire and enjoy the meal.

Everytime the bird left the wire to dive bomb an unsuspecting insect, the crowd in our vicinity would grow quiet. Who cares about the game, look at this bird! When he missed the moth, there were groans of sorrow, when he nailed it, applause errupted as if Mike Sweeney had knocked it out of the park.

40,000 seats. One wire. Lots of people at a ball game, one bird at the lunch counter. Here is the point. We thought we were at a ballgame. He thought we built the stadium and put up the lights so that the bugs would come to his cafeteria.

Lots of lessons here:
- some people get to go to the Royals games, others are worried about where their next meal will come from.
- some people think they know what is going on in the world, but there is really something else very important taking place right next to them if they would just open their eyes and look.

-I'll bet you can find some other lessons in this story.

It is a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good!