{"product_id":"early-bird-reflections","title":"Early Bird Reflections","description":"\u003cp\u003e      When I retired and there was no need to get up early in the morning  I would often  very irritatingly  find myself wide awake just before dawn. It?s a magical hour. Birds are awake too  and their songs  so lively and beautiful  are to my mind an evocation to the glory and honour of God  and seem to demonstrate a spontaneous  instinctive desire to please their own  and our Creator.    \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e      I wanted to join in those choruses. I wanted to please God. That was reward in itself. So I?d get up quietly  nuzzles a cup of tea  open my Bible and write down whatever thoughts would come  delving back into the past  all that I?ve ever heard or read about God. Hoping to relate  through humorous anecdotes  something worth knowing about the Saviour God I?ve gotten to know throughout my life.    \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e      Have I succeeded? I don?t know yet  though I am confident that the cheeky chirruping of a scruffy old sparrow like me (increasingly rare I might add) can raise a smile  or a grimace at least  from anyone who has the tenacity to plough through my verbiage.    \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e      But will I succeed in adding anything new or edifying to your inner  spiritual life? It?s for you to decide. I can only hope and pray. And of course I will.    \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pacific Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41652744912947,"sku":"9781903921227","price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0103\/8902\/8915\/files\/1903921228jpg_e50e2082-069f-4aa6-a86d-ecbe070981bd.jpg?v=1774918749","url":"https:\/\/clovisabc.com\/products\/early-bird-reflections","provider":"ClovisABC.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}