The Smallness of Kingfishers

Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis

It was a busy weekend - in my terms, nowadays.  It was the Assembly at Haysbridge on Saturday. Captain Butterfly nobly chauffered me and a pretty young sister (he never minds driving her).   It was a lot of driving for him as it was also the AGM of Sussex Butterfly Conservation.   I was sorry to miss it as it's always a good day out. And poor Col had to miss the Michael Blencowe talk, which is a highlight.    Then we went to Jackie for supper and she had cooked us a roast lamb dinner - with raspberry tart and ice-cream to follow.  Perfect.

Sunday - the Captain detectorised all day - but did not find a hoard of Viking gold.   Still he had a good day out, in this lovely Sussex Autumn.

There was no meeting on Sunday. Field service instead. I did not make it to the group - but did get out a bit later in the morning and had 3 very interesting calls. But how to keep up with them? And how to find someone to come with me to all of them?

Col was out in the week photographing Kingfishers.    Apparently some years ago a kingfisher flew into the visitor centre at The Wetland Trust, flew into something and was killed.  The member of staff who picked it up said it was so small - such a tiny fragile creature. Yet they are fierce little fighters and fishers.

How wonderful it will be when God's Kingdom is ruling over us. The little thing would not have been frightened of us then, but could have flown straight over to the first person it saw to get help in finding the way out.

What a mess we have made of the paradise planet Jehovah gave us. But a rescue is on the way - so close now.   Our Saturday Assembly was to remind us of that and to strengthen us to keep going, because as Jesus said:  "This good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." - Matthew 24:14

We - every one of us on the earth today - has the privilege offered to us of being part of this great Kingdom preaching work.  It will never come again.