Show Off

God has been showing off...in a good way...here at our house lately. Often times when someone says you are showing off there is a negative connotation around the phrase. But when it comes to God it can be an amazing thing. I often pray for God to "show off" for me. Well, he has been doing just that lately! A few nights ago TW and I were sitting on the front porch while bubby was playing in the yard and we were enjoying the birds. TW can even talk to the owls. :) He does a mean owl call and the owls respond. It is pretty cool. He said that the morning before when he was pulling out of the drive way there was a huge owl perched up on top of our house. How often do you see something like that? While watching the birds TW said that he wished we had a blue jay that would come to our feeder. Now, if you remember right I have shared my new found love of birds and that we have a bird feeder and hummingbird feeder in the backyard. We have never had a blue jay at our feeder! This morning, I kid you not, there were three blue jays that were hanging out on our deck and eating from our feeder. They were there all morning. They are some mean looking sun of a guns! Beautiful, but mean looking. And, as far as my hummingbirds that I thought had left. They are back in full force! One of the little guys is going to get fat...he sat there and chugged from the feeder for a long time; and he did this multiple times. Plus there were several cardinals visiting us today as well. We were so delighted! To top it off when I came out of HyVee tonight there was the most amazing sunset! I stopped right in my tracks and took a picture of it. I then noticed that everyone else in the parking lot was just going on about their business and they totally missed this amazing art. God was showing off and I stopped long enough to notice. By the time I had the car loaded the sunset was gone. Just that quick. I could have missed it! How many times in a day does this happen? We just go on about our busy lives and don't notice the gifts right in front of us! Take time today to notice something new and beautiful around you.