We have an interesting resident in our neighborhood. I first noticed it a few weeks ago. I was working in the back yard when I thought I heard a rooster crow. My first thought was to dismiss it as my imagination, but then I heard it again. I was also hearing some kids playing in a swimming pool in a nearby back yard and decided it was some kind of toy. But the crowing continuing and I finally acknowledged to myself that this was a real, live rooster.
Just so you know, I live in town. I'm surrounded by houses, lawns, driveways, patios and decks. I am far from the outskirts of town. But someone who lives near me has a rooster. And this is not just any ordinary rooster. This is an international rooster. In fact, I'll take it a step further. I'll say he is brilliant. He is well aware of the fact that at any given moment throughout the day, somewhere in the world it is morning. Somewhere around the globe a new day is dawning. He just doesn't know that his voice is not strong enough to reach most of those other places. So . . . throughout the day he does what roosters are supposed to do. He announces the starting of a new day. . . over and over and over.
You know . . . rather than it being a nuisance to me, it is a great reminder that God is always in the process of allowing someone, somewhere an opportunity to start over, to do things differently, to get it right this time. His mercies are new every morning. God is indeed, a God of fresh starts and new beginnings. So, Mr. Rooster, keep crowing.
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