What do you do with your quiet times?

When I was a young man, I had a beautiful German Shepherd named Tessa. She was the light of my life. She was a gorgeous red, black and tan shepherd. who was given to me as a gift from a dear friend. While I was at work, she had to stay in our back yard on a chain. I always hated that, but in our neighborhood, no one had fences and that was the best option for a dog who was outside a lot. 

Each day, I would come home from work, look out the window to see what she was doing, and then I would go out, feed her and play with her. She was a wonderful dog. I still miss her to this day.

One day, I was looking out the window when I noticed her doing something interesting. Over the next few days, I noticed she did the same thing over and over. She would get a mouthful of food from her bowl and walk to the end of her chain and set it down. She might do 5-10 little piles and then she would retreat back to her house and sit down. 

After a few minutes, birds would gather in the tree above her dog house. One by one, they would drop down to the ground and begin eating the dog food. Before long, she would have a dozen or more birds happily eating her food, and she would just sit there and watch. This went on for most of the days she was outside. 

I realized that she had found a purpose in those lonely times when no one was around. She took her quiet moments and turned them into a gift for the birds who were struggling to find food during that season. She did it day after day like clockwork. 

Quiet times, and for some of us, they can be lonely times, can be times that zap our strength and causes us misery, or they can be times where we draw on the best that God has wired within us to find an opportunity to refresh ourselves, and maybe, like Tessa, to reach out and serve. They can destroy us, or they can unleash us. Tessa decided to make it a time of blessing and giving. I'm sure in her giving, she found satisfaction and enjoyment. You could see it in her demeanor. What do you do?

 

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