Lori's thoughts

I’ve always enjoyed Dr. Seuss books. My children especially liked it when I read his books to them when they were young. They never got tired of hearing the same ones over and over. One of my favorites is “Are You My Mother?”

It’s about a baby bird that gets knocked out of the nest and is trying to figure out who his mother is. He goes around to all kinds of interesting animals and things until he finally reunites with his “real” mother.

I find it an interesting parallel to God as our Creator. There are a lot of people who don’t know from a spiritual perspective where they came from, why they are on planet earth and who they belong to. They may or may not care. Some may be searching like the baby bird and pursue asking questions from other people to find out answers about their existence.

King David describes it beautifully from the perspective of God’s involvement in our existence and in His relationship with us as our Creator in Psalm 139 from the Bible:

“O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. (verses 1-4)

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful. I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (verses 13-16)

I encourage you to read the entire Psalm if you haven’t for awhile or if you’ve never read it. I am thankful that, like the baby bird united with his mother, I am one of God’s children united with her Creator.