He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
(Philippians 3.21 NRSV)
There was a young man who left home to work for the Del Monte Company packing peas. The others who came to do the work were a pretty rough bunch. This young man was 18 and thought of himself as an adult and a man. The field work was demanding on his back. He was husky and worked hard, though. While in the fields, this young man came across a nest of hawks and took them to his bunk house. During his breaks, he would feed those baby hawks with the grasshoppers he collected as he worked.

One of the rough cut men he labored with was named Tex. Tex was quiet and liked to drink by himself. One night Tex came back to the bunkhouse so drunk that he passed out in the middle of floor. He was known to become violent so no one wanted to move him out of the way. The boss asked the young man to move him. As he grabbed Tex to move him, Tex pulled a knife and slashed at him. The young man slapped the knife away and moved him anyway. Tex felt shamed at being handled this way by a youngster.

Not too long after this incident, the young man heard some noise coming from where he kept his birds. He went out and saw Tex walking up to the ravine and dumping the birds out of the cage and over a cliff. Running to Tex, he yelled, "My Hawks! You killed my hawks!" But as he came to the ravine he looked in wonder at what rose-hawks, one after another, ascending to the skies. They were transformed to fly.

Jesus has transformed you!

Dear God, continue to transform me into your love. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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