I was just looking out onto the hummingbird feeder outside my door, where I saw a hummer sitting on the hook holding the container of nectar. He was just happily (I assume) resting and looking around. He reminded me of an ask I made to my Higher Power several years ago - one of those “prove it” requests.
I was reading a small book on knowing your Source more directly, and the assignment was to ask for something specific. “Okay,” I thought - “l’d like a hummingbird feather”. Soon after that, while turning on the outside spigot, I found it: a tail feather, about 2cm long. “Not bad,” I said, but not being contented with that, I whined that I had wanted one of the iridescent feathers. The tail feather, while very cute, was dull.
I thought at the time that it was a pretty cool display, and that I learned that I needed to be even more specific than I had been. After a few weeks, I went to brush a floating spider’s web off the screen door, when I noticed a shiny glint. It was a teeny tiny hummingbird neck feather! It had the iridescent color I had wanted!
My little friend is still enjoying his odd perch. He flies away, then comes back to the hook. If he were to fly downward about 7”, he’d be able to perch where he could also drink, but I think he knows that. These are territorial little creatures, so he’s probably just guarding his treasure.
I have my feather treasures carefully guarded in a “God Box”. They are there to remind me that the Power and Love of the All cares about the littlest details of my journey, and that I can ask for anything. Anything.
My job is to open my eyes to the answers. I’m grateful for that.
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