"One man’s junk is another man’s treasure, but does God make junk?"

A friend told me about a story about a 14-year-old boy who has two parakeets. He bought two different kinds of bird feed for them. The first was the healthy variety with vitamins and minerals. The second was like a birdie junk food. He gave the parakeets both kinds and, of course, they chose the junk food. He even mixed the two types together in hopes of tricking the birds into eating the healthy food. They picked through the healthy variety and ate only the junk food.

The boy didn’t want to throw away the healthy food so he put it in a small bird feeder he kept outdoors. He noticed that the only bird who would touch the seed was a very poor-looking cardinal who obviously wasn’t well and even losing feathers. The next day he returned with a female cardinal who looked like her mate.

The boy kept putting the healthy seed out and the cardinals kept eating it. And their health improved and they looked brilliant again.

One bird’s junk was another bird’s treasure, but then God doesn’t make junk, does He?

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