The cuckoo is known for its distinctive chortle -- cuckoo! cuckoo! It's a parasitic bird, in that the adult female doesn't build a nest of her own. She flies around until she sees a nest with eggs in it and no mother bird hanging around. Mommy Cuckoo lands on the eggs already there and lays her own single egg and flies off. Therein is the end of motherhood as far as the female cuckoo is concerned.
Ms. Blue Jay comes back, not very mathematically astute, failing to notice there are now five eggs in her basket instead of four and one of them is way bigger than the others --- she sits on the five, not particularly comfy, and hatches them all --- four cute blue jay babies and one huge, gangly cuckoo baby.
The next a.m. she goes out early, shopping for worms (the early bird gets the worm, yes?) and comes back with a lovely, scrummy, fat, juicy, protein-filled Lumbricina (GOOGLE it) to four cute little blue jay mouths upturned and one gaping cuckoo mouth.
Guess which one gets the worm? Yes. And guess what ultimately happens. The cuckoo grows and grows and grows and dominates while the other four gradually fade away, and one by one they're pushed out of the nest and the baby cuckoo reigns supreme.
Two natures in one nest - the one you feed grows - the one you starve dies. Two natures in one nest - the risen Christ by the Holy Spirit, and the sinful nature - the one you feed and nourish and obey grows - the one you starve dies.
And be blessed.
Ms. Blue Jay comes back, not very mathematically astute, failing to notice there are now five eggs in her basket instead of four and one of them is way bigger than the others --- she sits on the five, not particularly comfy, and hatches them all --- four cute blue jay babies and one huge, gangly cuckoo baby. The next a.m. she goes out early, shopping for worms (the early bird gets the worm, yes?) and comes back with a lovely, scrummy, fat, juicy, protein-filled Lumbricina (GOOGLE it) to four cute little blue jay mouths upturned and one gaping cuckoo mouth.
Guess which one gets the worm? Yes. And guess what ultimately happens. The cuckoo grows and grows and grows and dominates while the other four gradually fade away, and one by one they're pushed out of the nest and the baby cuckoo reigns supreme.
Two natures in one nest - the one you feed grows - the one you starve dies. Two natures in one nest - the risen Christ by the Holy Spirit, and the sinful nature - the one you feed and nourish and obey grows - the one you starve dies.
And be blessed.
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I used this as a devo with Kade and Lexi. Loved it!! I won't name names but less than two hours after reading and discussing this we heard, "Don't feed the Cuckoo!" Priceless!
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