Have the Birds Stopped Singing?

"For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come." The old Nazarene preacher, Uncle Bud Robinson, now with the Lord, used to tell a sweet story. It seems he had some difficulty with a ticket agent pertaining to the train he was to travel on; he had spoken harshly to him. He said as he turned to go from the ticket counter he noticed the birds had stopped singing in his heart. He returned and apologized for his rude behavior. He said, as he walked away, the birds started singing again.

I am sure most Christians who read this article, like myself, can relate to times when the "birds cease to sing" in our hearts also. Maybe not the same experience as Uncle Buddy's, but times when the freshness of Spring departed from us and the cold of winter set in. Maybe it was when our love began to "wax cold," for one reason or another. Or possibly, when a seasonal trial ran longer than we thought we could bear it. Leaving us cold and indifferent. Whatever the reason, if we are willing to make things right, whether with God or man, or both, then shall come to pass the saying, "the time of the singing of birds is come." 

One of my greatest enjoyments through the years has been to awake on a early Spring morning, the bedroom window being opened a little, and to hear the returning birds, after a long cold winter, singing again. O, but thousands of times much sweeter it is to hear the song of the Spirit making melody in my heart once again!