Sugar POWER and Hope
Watch birds, notice they are constantly keeping awareness of their surroundings.
We need some hope. Where is the hope? There is ALWAYS hope, where can you find it?
Start with a bird.
If you have been a Creatorwords reader you know my mind is often on birds. But is there hope to be found in a bird? Certainly. Read along, you’ll see.
If you have read other Creatorwords articles you know that birds are beautiful to me. Let’s take care of this truth right away: this bird is beautiful. In all ways-feathers, coloration, flight pattern, and behavior.
This bird is fueled by fructose.
Repeat, this bird is fueled by a sweet carbohydrate. It is quick fuel for a body-important to a small body like this bird. Fructose is a monosaccharide, among other things fructose is the most water soluble of all sugars. This fact means fructose is quick energy and easily digestible. Fructose has another benefit it has a low glycemic level. This minimizes the negative impact it has on blood sugar. You already know fructose sugars come from fruit.
They could wear a T-shirt which says, “SUGAR POWER!”
Very good for this bird-these birds actually. The diet of these beautiful birds is 80% or more fruit based. We have our focus on the Cedar Waxwing. Glad they don’t wear t-shirts, feathers as beautiful as they possess are made to be seen.
If you see one Cedar Waxwing, look for the flock, it will be close.
Because they are voracious fruit eaters, Cedar Waxwings are also nomadic, always on the roam for more fruit. And since they are highly social, living in flocks of multiple birds, it takes a tree full of fruit to feed them all.
I promised you hope.
Look at a flock of Cedar Waxwings and you SEE hope with feathers. What do I mean? Think about this again-Cedar Waxwings are “frugivorous,” fruit eaters. Here’s the hope. While they do eat insects in season, fruit is the only food for them out of season. Have you thought about when insects are out of season? Yes, in winter. Therefore, Cedar Waxwings eat fruit in winter.
Does fruit grow in winter? Flocks of Cedar Waxwings are found year around in the northern half of the United States. Winter occurs there! Think of it this way, the fruit is in cold storage. Frozen, it stays fresh until a Cedar Waxwing needs it. How is fruit available all winter? It hangs on fruit trees…not eating apples, but ornamental and native fruit bearing trees which hold fruit all winter. But not after the Cedar Waxwings have been there.
Letters on these creamy feathers would spoil their beauty.
They could wear a second T-shirt which reads, “NOMAD.”
That’s because when the flock eats all the fruit on the tree, they move on to the next fruit laden tree. They will even eat the winter shriveled fruit of spring. My eyes have seen it.
Where is the hope in this? Three words: fruit in winter.
How is it that a fruit eating bird can live on fruit, in the cold of the north country? How is it that fruit remains on the tree after ripening? God does this.
Have you ever seen a Cedar Waxwing flock flying about screaming, “where’s the fruit? Where’s the fruit? We’ll all die!” Sorry for the ridiculous thought. Instead flocks of Cedar Waxwings are purposeful and the picture of confidence, there is never a sense of anxiousness in them. Watch them if you can, you’ll understand.
Cedar Waxwings are a hope symbol to me.
Where is the hope? It’s simple.
God feeds the birds. When we have fears, when hope seems slim or nonexistent; when we are afraid, we can put our trust in God. God keeps every promise. Fear is driven out by the perfect love of God. There is ALWAYS hope…put all of yours, however small, in God. He will supply all the hope we need. Still doubt me? Watch the Cedar Waxwings.