As I glanced over last year's posts (when I was a much more active blogger) I reflected on the last item and its prophetic nature. The Genesis 3 predictions unfortunately were fulfilled. By early July, when this picture was taken, only three of the original cygnets remained. This guy seems to be asking why life is so tough. And it got tougher. A few weeks later, the swan family wandered across the street and got trapped in a concrete pool and had to be rescued. The male flew off to a neghboring town, leaving the female to care for her diminishing brood. By the end of the summer, only one cygnet was left. All others had been victims of snapping turtles or disease.
So you see, it is a rough world out there, all the result of sin and the Curse. Indeed, the tragic experience of the swan family was merely a small example of the effects of sin in God's created world. Even His innocent wild creatures suffer because of Man's sin.
"For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now." (Romans 8:22 NASB)
So you see, it is a rough world out there, all the result of sin and the Curse. Indeed, the tragic experience of the swan family was merely a small example of the effects of sin in God's created world. Even His innocent wild creatures suffer because of Man's sin.
"For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now." (Romans 8:22 NASB)
By the way, no swans nested at the Celery Farm this year. A pair visited early in the season but (wisely) decided not to stay. This was fortunate, because the "flood of the century" would surely have overwhelmed even the most secure nest they could have built.
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