Listening to the Daily Service on R4 this morning as the robin flew around. He reappeared right on cue as Stuart Townend started to sing Holy Spirit, Living Breath Of God.
Keep trying to take his photo but he's proving a bit elusive. (The robin, not Mr. Townend). He just pops up and watches me through the shed window for a bit then flies off if I reach for a camera.
I was reminded of an Iona song - I'll reproduce the lyrics here even though it's probably illegal:
Catch the Bird of Heaven
Lock Him in a cage of gold
Look again tomorrow
And He will be gone
Lock Him in religion
Gold and frankincense and myrrh
Carry to His prison
But He will be gone
All the things that man has made
Cannot hold Him anymore
Still the bird is flying as before
Temple made of marble
Beak and feather made of gold
Bell and book and candle
Cannot hold Him anymore
Still the bird is flying
As before
I had forgotten that the song is called 'Bird of Heaven'.
(from 'Beyond these Shores' - available on iTunes and at your local Christian bookshop. Probably.)
Just when you think you've got a handle on God, he's gone on a bit further so you have to catch up again.
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