Do What Is True

The “Detroit Free Press” ran an interesting feature article on the subject of why a pigeon walks so funny. In case you didn’t know, a pigeon walks the way it does in order to see where it is going. While it is in motion, a pigeon is unable to adjust its focus to see clearly. It literally must bring its head to a complete stop between steps in order to refocus. And that is why a pigeon walks as follows: head forward, stop; head backward, stop.

Because we live in such a fast-moving world, we might do well to take a lesson from the pigeon: learn how to do a pigeon-walk. In terms of what we’re doing with our lives, where we’re going with our lives, we need to pull up from the often maddening pace. We need to stop and refocus. We need to reset our sights on where we are in relation to the Will of God. We need to have a…