Article October 30, 1989 Issue

What to respond to—and what not

We're in the best position to help others do what's right, what's genuinely loving, when we allow God's love to lead.

Madora Holt

Two bluebirds were hand-raised in a soundproof isolation chamber. Songs of other birds were piped in but the fledglings didn't respond. Then, the song of the bluebird was played. They quickly responded and soon were warbling the bluebird song naturally and vigorously.^{Song and Garden Birds of North America (Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1964), p. 191 .}

Doesn't this show that all creatures respond to what is most genuinely themselves and to whatever nurtures their individual nature? Plants turn to the light. Pets return loyalty for kindness. Children flourish in an atmosphere of peace and love. So do grown-ups. And it can be as natural for adults to live and work together productively as it is for bluebirds to sing their own songs.

Man's song to sing is the melody of love sung loud and clear—the song that is natural to man as the image, indeed the very likeness, of his Father-Mother God, divine Love.

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