Free Bird

A pastor by the name of S.T. Gordon from Boston had placed an empty birdcage next to his pulpit. Everyone became very curious…what’s an empty birdcage doing in a church? One man finally spoke up & asked Pastor Gordon about the empty cage. Pastor Gordon explained, “Well, I was out walking yesterday & came across some young boys playing with these wild birds in the alley, they were kind of torturing them, they were plucking at their feathers. So I went up to them & said, what are you doing? ‘We’re just playing with these birds’ they said. I asked them, what are you going to do with those birds when you’re done playing with them? The boys said, ‘probably just feed em’ to the cats…their no good’.

I said, ‘How much do you want for those birds?’ ‘You don’t want these birds,’ the boys said, ‘They’ll bite you, ignore you…you don’t want these birds, their useless!’
‘How much do you want?’ I said. ‘Two dollars.’ Said the one.
I paid them two dollars, took the cage & went on my way…then I released the birds.”

S.T. Gordon went on to say that once upon a time there was a similar exchange between the Devil & Jesus. Jesus said, “How much do you want for my people?” & Satan said, “You don’t want these people. They’ll spit on you, ignore you…you don’t want these people…they’re no good…they’re worthless.” Jesus said, “How much do you want for them?” Satan replied, “All of your blood & all of your tears…that’s the price.” So Jesus took the cage, paid the price & opened the door.

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
(Romans 5:8)

Vern