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Thursday, December 28, 2006

First Impressions

     While walking in the neighborhood one pleasant evening, I heard a commotion overhead. Looking up I saw a large crow being attacked by several mockingbirds. The crow, dodging the much smaller birds, kept flying towards some cypress trees and perched on a drooping branch. The mockingbirds' attack became more intense.

     My sympathy was for the crow. Being the object of such harassment must have been distressing.

     Next I saw the crow flap its wings and fly to another cypress tree nearby and poke its head in among the tightly grouped branches. Was this an attempt to hide from the savage attackers? If so, it wasn't working. The mockingbirds kept up their assault, diving and pecking away. Why don't they leave the big bird alone? I thought.

     Then I saw the crow pull its head back out of the branches and in its beak was a part of a bird's nest—a mockingbird's nest! The crow had raided their nest. He was not the victim, he was the villain. The other birds were only attempting to protect the nest.

     Yes, first impressions can be deceiving. Hasty conclusions can be erroneous.

He who gives an answer before he hears, it is folly and shame to him.

Proverbs 18:13

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