My owner’s son has more or less fledged. He’s currently studying down at Falmouth University and approaching the end of his three-year degree course. And of course, Falmouth is located in Cornwall which recently took the full brunt of Storm Goretti.
When my owner heard that a ‘Red Warning’ had been issued meaning danger to life, he emailed his son telling him to stay safe indoors until Storm Goretti had passed. And even that bunch of beleaguered humans called ‘the UK Government’, sent him, and everybody else located in Cornwall, a warning message on their mobile phones.
But of course, fledglings will be fledglings. And my owner’s son and his housemates jointly decided that the message couldn’t possibly apply to them, and besides, Falmouth is a pretty sleepy place where nothing much occurs. So, they all went out to the pub together, despite the dire warnings. Everything was fine for the first hour or so. They were having a wonderful time, and everyone was in high spirits. The structure of the pub creaked and groaned a bit as the force of the wind increased, but that was all………... at least, until the landlord announced that the pub had to close with immediate effect because dozens of tiles were being ripped off the roof and crashing down into the road outside. Evacuation through the entrance door proved too dangerous, so everyone was led out of the back and into the raging tumult of the storm. And as there was so much debris flying around, it was too dangerous for them to attempt to walk back to their student house. So, in the end, they all spent the night on a friend’s floor just a few doors along from the pub.
Humans aren’t always the wisest of creatures. They so often believe that they know better than anybody else, and this can land them in serious trouble. God and Jesus know this, and that’s why they gave us all the wisdom of ‘The Ten Commandments’ as well as some other important advice. It was never their intention to ‘spoil our fun’ or impose a load of rules and regulations in an attempt to better control us. No, they simply wanted to protect us from ourselves and from others around us. To steer us away from making bad or rash decisions that might one day come back to haunt us. The whole of Life is a learning curve, and it takes a whole lot of navigating on our part. God and Jesus are very much on our side; they want to gently ‘nudge’ us along the smoothest course because they care for us all, and especially for our wellbeing. Their advice is there for us to heed, but ultimately, it’s down to us as we’ve all been given the free will to choose. So, your little friendly bunch of feathers (who once gnawed through the same perch that he was sitting on), hopes that everyone will choose wisely!
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
(Ernst Hemingway: [1899 – 1961]: American novelist, short-story writer and journalist)
“Every happening, great or small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.”
(Malcolm Muggeridge: [1903 – 1990]: Atheist British journalist who was famously converted to Christianity after making a film about the work of Mother Teresa in Calcutta)
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”
(Saint Augustine: [354 – 430]: Theologian and philosopher of mixed Roman and Berper origin, who became Bishop of Hippo Regius in Roman North Africa)
“Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.”
(Proverbs: 8:33)
“He replied, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
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