An Answered Prayer
I know that this is such a simple thing and maybe it will
seem like nothing compared to some of the great things, some people see the Lord
do. I was just out taking pictures and I
said "Lord, give me something wonderful to take a picture of". Just a couple
minutes passed by when I looked over and saw a green head looking up a hill at
me. A mallard duck of all things. He was a surprise
because I had been to the park so many times and have not seen a duck. We moved back to Ohio seven years ago and
visited the park once before we bought our home. I have visited there many
times and not one duck.
At that time I didn't know anything about a mallard. At first, he stayed his distance from me but I
sat down and watched him for a little while.
He finally made his way over to me and sat in the water right in front
of me as though he knew me. I knew he
was an answer to my prayer, but then questions came to my mind. Why is this little guy here? Is his wing hurt? Shouldn't he be flying somewhere for the
winter?
So I started researching and now I know He's only going to be here until his wings are finished
molting. He's shedding his old feathers and
growing new feathers at the same time.
The next time I saw him he was standing on a rock and opening his wings. I wanted to get a picture of it, but I missed
it. Eventually, He made his way over to me and then
a dog scared him a little and he swam away but headed back to set in front of
me at the water's edge.
Then a couple
teens were walking by and I asked " have you seen the duck?" I told them about how I prayed the Lord would
give me a wonderful picture to take. I
told them that he opened his wings, but I missed getting a picture and how I wished that he would do it again. Then he came to shore and opened his wings
about a foot away from me and then got back into the water. I still missed the picture because my camera card
was full.
Today I was able to get pictures of his wings outstretched
and also see him fly across the pond.
The fall leaves and colorful reflection of the sun have made everything
about these photos look so beautiful. It
was an effect all by itself, especially on the evening the sun was setting.
It was very interesting to see him try to catch
a dragonfly and watch him suddenly completely vanish under the water. Then
suddenly he reappeared flying across the pond.
I think something was biting him because He was going under the water
and shaking his feathers as though He was standing on an anthill. I guess I should understand that because
that actually happened to me once. I was
picking up apples in our backyard as a preteen when I found myself upon a red
ant hill. They were everywhere, believe
me when you have red ants in your pants, there's sudden moving around alright and wearing
pants no longer become a problem. If you
can picture that, you can picture what the duck was doing because he was doing
some moving.
I was so happy to see the Mallard and to be blessed by him.
I cried by the water's edge because:
Sometimes God does things, just to show us that we are loved and we can tell other people that God still cares about the little things. Because sometimes God, uses little blessings to do something you'll never forget. Little blessings can turn into really big blessings
Susan Nikitenko
October 28th, 2014
Corrected September 13, 2020
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