Silly Goose!!

We have been carrying around half a loaf of stale bread in the car for several days now hoping to pass some ducks in a pond or something. FINALLY we were able to feed the ducks today. Actually they were Canadian Geese. It was a Mama sitting on her nest of eggs and the papa goose was closely guarding his wife. I respect him for standing by his woman, but I wonder why he picked the median in a Target parking lot to encourage his wife to make a nest and lay her eggs!! Such a silly goose! We didn't want to get too close so we just tossed the bread out of the side door.
Later, as I was thinking about our earlier moment with the geese and I was reminded of a friend of mine, Mary. Mary has been on absolute complete bed rest in the hospital since she was 24 weeks pregnant. She is expecting twins and currently is about 31 weeks. Mary is like that mama goose... just sitting and putting her life on stop for her little two gooselings. Then it went a step furthur. Didn't Jesus do that for us? He put His life on stop permanently, he died for us, his gooselings.
So the next time someone calls me a "silly goose" I think I am going to give praise to God for being one of His geese.
Footnote: Sometimes I feel like I am sitting in the median and life is so busy all around me. Perhaps I should look at is as a deserted island, an opportunity to be with my Papa Goose :)