Better Than PB&J

This spring and summer it's been a pleasure watching Baltimore orioles visit our birdfeeder especially designed for their nectar loving appetite.  They love the grape jelly we put out for them, and they even prefer it over orange slices.  A few weeks ago house finches started showing up at our regular birdfeeder, which is about twelve feet from the oriole feeder.  The funny thing is that one of the female house finch started going to the oriole feeder and sampling the grape jelly.  She must have seen the orioles feeding from it and thought she’d give it a try.  Evidently she likes it because she keeps coming back for more.  The orioles aren’t too thrilled about her eating from their feeder and they chase her away when they catch her at their favorite café.  The above picture captures our grape jelly loving finch, a Baltimore oriole, and just below the feeder flying right towards the camera is a grey catbird.  The Psalmist encourages us with these words, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”  Maybe as others see us tasting of God’s goodness in all the different circumstances of life, like the house finch, they will want to join the buffet.