Even the sparrow and swallows have found a place to nest and rest in the wall of the temple of the Lord. One can not ignore how birds build their nest in buildings and crevices between the rocks of a wall of a building. They build there for protection and perhaps the lack of trees. Yet few people bother them when they do. People hoping to see baby birds that hatch. It matters not for a season to allow these birds to rest, but knowing that the holes be filled up to prevent the next years arrival. Yet for this time the birds rest and nest in the house of the Lord. In the walls perhaps of even your own home. A place for birds to raise the young to encourage them to take flight from. A place to learn about the Lord. To spread their wings and soar, spreading the seeds from their bill, in hopes to plant the word of God in fertile soil.

To rest in God’s house to pay loyalty to God alone, to rest in the shadow of the Almighty, is the one place to find hope in the valley, where the well never runs out of water. God’s people should be able to find rest is dwelling in the shadow of the Almighty. It is better to be a doorkeeper of God’s house then to find one’s self in the ways of darkness. To dwell in God’s word is better then to be alone.

Dear Heavenly Father, lay your protective hand over your children may we raise our children in your house. In Jesus precious name, Amen.