A good real life parable

 This morning I walked out to our backyard to stretch after a workout. A black bird was sitting on my fence making a horrible, screeching sound.  I noticed the bird would look at me then look down. As I walked over toward it, I noticed a rattlesnake moving under the fence.   The snake is now deceased. But I was more fascinated by the bird. I really think he was warning me. Maybe God put that instinct in the bird. Perhaps God used that part of his creation to once again prove his love for me. But then I had a second thought: the next time your pastor is preaching about a particular sin and all you hear is him screeching perhaps you might try to take notice.  Maybe he sees the deadly snake in the grass.