I first noticed the Hawk on the telephone pole as I was driving home from work. It was 14 years ago. I was going through a very painful breakup with my ex fiance. Everyday, as I climbed into my car, the tears would flow. I would cry all the way home. I noticed that every day, on the same fence post, was a hawk. After awhile, I started looking for him. Everyday, he was there. It seemed to me, that in the midst of the pain, God sent this Hawk to be a representative of his presence.
Since that time, I believe that God has sent me Hawks to tell me that it's going to be OK. Like the time one landed in my tree, just outside my front window in downtown Joplin. I had just received a call from the Doctor telling me that JD needed to be admitted to the hospital, he was only 3 days old. As the tears started to flow, the hawk landed in my tree and looked at me. A wave of peace came over me and I knew it was going to be OK. Or there was the time where Monty was out of work and we didn't know how we were going to meet any of our bills, and I saw a hawk on the power lines right outside our back door. Then there was the time I was on a walk two days before I had Nathan. A Hawk swooped down in my suburban neighborhood and landed in the street right in front of me. He paused, looked at me and then flew off. Two days later I had a ruptured Uterus and Nathan entered the world by emergency C-section. As I was laying on the table, I remembered the hawk. I knew it was going to be OK.
I saw one today. I was eating lunch with the boys and a hawk landed on a power line right outside the window. He looked at me and nodded and then flew off. Once again, I felt at peace. God is here, in the midst.
Our God is so mighty, so powerful that He can use the birds of the air to minister to us, his children who need to know his presence. I'm not sure why He chose a hawk for me. I just know He did. I'm reminded of the verse that states.." Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or gather food, but your heavenly father feeds them. How much more valuable are you to your heavenly Father than they..."
Our God is so mighty, so powerful that He can use the birds of the air to minister to us, his children who need to know his presence. I'm not sure why He chose a hawk for me. I just know He did. I'm reminded of the verse that states.." Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or gather food, but your heavenly father feeds them. How much more valuable are you to your heavenly Father than they..."
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I absolutely love hawks. Everywhere I go I look for them and they are so beautiful. It drives Denzil crazy when I see one and gasp and say "look there's a hawk" and I about give him a heartattack. I knew there was a reason I loved hawks so much!!
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