Creatures great and small

I mentioned yesterday my interest in the sky and weather; I guess I would have to say bird watching has become a favorite of mine also. I have been truly blessed with the ability to notice details and patterns. My brain was not wired for math, and a possible consolation prize for not understanding zeros was that I am able to notice a track on the ground or a flash of color in the trees with no problem at all. It certainly helped to put meat on the table back when I hunted and now to identify birds at our feeding station.

Once again my Raspberry Pi helps out with this. I have a Pi and camera that live outdoors, under our bay window, that point at the bird feeder and we can watch that video feed on our laptops while sitting on the couch. My rule with technology is that it works for you, not you for it. And while that was good and all, I wanted a much more closeup look at things. These Pi cameras can record at up to 90 frames per second, so I put a motion sensor on my Pi and told it to turn on the camera at its fastest rate whenever a Hummingbird showed up. I moved my Pi to about one foot from the hummingbird feeder and turned it on. And this is what it recorded.

At the end of this video you’ll notice the hummer in the forefront perks up and notices another hummer coming in fast and hot from the top right of the screen. These guys are amazing in their mobility and ability to notice things, and I have to say I am a bit jealous at that. 

Give glory to the Lord for He has created all things, said better here: Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

All things, even those rioters that have caused such misery and destruction. God created those guys like he created you and me and those hummingbirds I love to watch. I think we should consider those guys, who clearly have not been doing the Lord’s work, are probably prisoners of war.

What war you ask? The war between the Light of the world and darkness. They have been captured by satan and doing his work. I just want you to try that concept on for size and search the bible and see what it says to you if you are in disagreement with them as prisoners of war. Since you are reading this online, there are many places to search the scripture. BibleGateway and Blueletter Bible are a couple. As I said before, make technology work for you. Search and see if these unpleasant people have been created as creatures of God and deserve to be prayed for at the very least. This is what Jesus said about people of Jerusalem: Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

 Hopefully this will make you look at people you don’t like with different eyes, and that is something Jesus would want.