Nest Before Eggs

Back in June, when my husband and I were headed to the beach, I heard this phrase on the radio. Nest before eggs. The lady who was speaking was referring to a Narnia book that she had been listening to, and this particular phrase caught her attention.  She began to tell of how she felt like it was God speaking to her, telling her that He was building her nest, twig by twig, before He filled it with eggs. Apparently her newborn daughter was born with special needs and she was frustrated and asking God to just fix it. Then she heard that phrase, 'nest before eggs'. Then I heard that phrase. :)

It gets better.

When we got to the beach, we were unpacking in the room and I noticed a bird flying around outside at the balcony. Later, I went out there to sit and the bird reappeared. She just sat on the ledge of the balcony next to ours and looked at me. I thought to myself, "She must have a nest somewhere near here." So I began to look around.  I saw nothing. I looked under the table, under the air conditioning unit, in the corner...everywhere! There was no nest to be seen. But she kept coming back and trying to get on our balcony, but was too afraid with me out there. The next morning I woke up early (I couldn't sleep) and I decided to go out on the balcony and read my Bible. I wasn't out there for 20 minutes when that bird showed up again. This time, I sat very still and quiet. I noticed she had three tiny worms in her mouth, so I was determined to watch her to see where this nest was. Eventually she flew up into the corner of the balcony to a very small hole in the wall that was made for a pipe to run through. Her nest was in the wall!! For the next 30 minutes I sat and watched her fly in and out of that hole, bringing food to her babies. I immediately thought of the phrase I had heard on the radio the previous day, 'nest before eggs'. Maybe God was showing me that He is building my nest, twig by twig, getting it ready to be filled with eggs (literally, haha!). 

It gets EVEN better. 

The hotel we were staying in was u-shaped, so from the balcony, I was able to see all the other balconies. I began to look around at the 200+ balconies, and I noticed that NO other balcony had this pipe coming out of the wall!! I know you think I'm crazy right now, but I'm serious. Not a single other balcony had this hole in the wall. None of them could've had this bird's nest!  Now I was certain that the Lord was speaking to me. First of all, I never listen to what the DJs have to say on the radio and I heard every word of her commentary on 'nest before eggs'. Then, there is a bird nest on our balcony...and no other balcony in the entire hotel has this hole where this bird could've made her nest. Wow. 

I spent a lot of time the rest of that week watching the birds fly in and out of that hole to deliver food to their babies. And I KNOW, without a doubt, that God was telling me, "Nest before eggs, Jessica. Just wait."