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ON WINGS LIKE WARBLERS G Adrian Young


JD, MBA, CAP®, CFP® Executive Vice President


iven events over the last year, hearing the words “prevalence throughout the world” and “new


variants being discovered,” might incline you to think of something other than our feathered friend, the warbler. I can’t blame you!


With nearly five hundred known species and a presence on almost


every continent, you’ve likely come across a warbler or two in your travels (or while just looking into your backyard). Warblers are a genus of small songbirds found in gardens, woodlands, and marshes all over God’s creation that exhibit a wide range of personalities and visual traits (kind of like us).


From the colorful Northern Parula to the rather drab but vocally superior Reed Warbler, when a predator approaches the nest or a harsh winter begins to bear down, these frail creatures work together to survive. Much like warblers, preservation of self and family is innate in just about every human’s DNA. However, what is often forgotten when we feel broken or weary is consideration for the well-being of those around us.


Patience, tenacity, and endurance are traits essential to teamwork, and, in the end, survival. In the Blackpoll Warbler, for example, these traits allow it to make an annual, nonstop migration from England to the Caribbean. Of those that survive the grueling 72-hour marathon, many find themselves easy


prey to a range of well-rested native carnivores. Te journey is exhausting and perilous, but it avoids certain death in the freezing temperatures north. Te tenacity in each little body, none weighing more than about twelve business cards, is amazing!


Sometimes we are thrust into situations that we can’t control. Such scenarios can wear us down and test our character. As we enter the second year of this pandemic, much of the world’s patience and endurance for the “new normal” is vanishing. Despite signs of progress and, perhaps even, the “all clear,” it appears that many are just plain tired of waiting—tired of holding out hope.


It is times like this that the predator of our eternal soul can do the most damage. Because we are called to be salt and light (unlike the warbler), preservation of self and family is not enough. Maintaining tenacity for compassion and endurance for the consideration of others in need, no matter


how exhausting it gets, are key to spiritual maturity. Do remember, though, that you never have to do it alone. “Tose who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. Tey will soar on wings like


eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:31).


If the warbler can do it, surely—in the strength of the Lord— we can too.


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