Ever do this?

Ever bite off more than you can chew? This gull certainly did! Tim took these pictures the other day while on a walk with Uncle Bob and Aunt Sylvia. We had a good laugh as we watched this determined gull try to swallow the starfish whole! No kidding! Instead of breaking it down into bits (as if it could!), this gull kept trying to get all five legs into his mouth and down his throat.

It didn't work. He even got creative and tried bashing the fish on rocks to see if it would miraculously burst open with full starfish flavor, but it really just bounced! Poor, poor gull. He obviously had never been taught that starfish have a hard candy shell.

Have you ever done that?....Just taken a big bite outta something that just won't be broken, controlled or consumed? And like this gull, you spend countless hours trying to find a way to gain power or control over it or the situation you created, but really you're just wasting time? This gull could've left this starfish or thrown it back to the sea and started on something more appetizing, like a mussel or oyster! Some things aren't meant to be fought with. It's not our battle and we can move on...thank the Lord!!!

However, there are times when God calls us to growth through finding creative ways to deal with starfish in our beaks. No doubt this gull tried and tried...his perseverance astounds me! And maybe that's why he was fighting the starfish....purely for a test in perseverance...not that gulls need character development, but you get my drift....or at least I hope you do!

In other words, only when God guides, He provides (as my dad always says!), otherwise, God will provide a way out....and escape....like throwing the starfish BACK into the water!

1 Corinthians 10:12-13
"So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall (or bite off more than you can chew!!!) No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."