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世界各地的孩子都喜欢向鸟类学习智慧：大鸟（来自芝麻街）和鹅妈妈（和她的童谣）是两个最广为人知的鸟类导师，它们是拍着翅膀、摇摇摆摆地在地上走着的鸟！

我的一位上了年纪的教授经常把鸟儿称为他的老师。他说，当他观看鸟儿时，他把小鸟称为“LBJs”（Little-Brown-Jobs的缩写，棕色小约伯），因为他分不清麻雀和燕子。但他越仔细观察，就越能体会到他们之间的不同。最后，他说他学会了观察小鸟，这也让他开始欣赏身边的人，以及神在他们生命中独特的工作方式。

约伯很沮丧，因为他的朋友们总是把神在世上的工作一概而论，把每件事都当作“LBJ”。他们滔滔不绝地说着一些看似智慧的想法，但对神在苦难中的同在却并没有深刻的见解。约伯解释说，智慧不是对所有生活中的困境都有正确的答案，而是能够注意到神在每一种处境下所做的事，并认识到神最终掌管着我们生活的一切结果。他说，连走兽和飞鸟都知道这一点！

Many children around the world have enjoyed learning from birds: Big Bird (from Sesame Street) and Mother Goose (with her nursery rhymes) are two of the most famous bird-teachers to have flapped or waddled on the face of the earth!

One of my elderly professors often referred to birds as his teachers. When he started bird-watching, he said, he referred to small birds as "LBJs" (short for "Little-Brown-Jobs") because he couldn't tell all the sparrows and swallows apart. But the more he paid attention, the more he began to appreciate their differences. Eventually, he said, his learning to pay attention to small birds led him also to appreciate the people around him and the unique ways God was at work in their lives.

Job was discouraged that his friends were making generalizations about how God works in the world—treating everything like an "LBJ." They were spouting off ideas that had the appearance of wisdom but had no deep insight into how God could be present in times of deep suffering. Job explained that wisdom isn't about having the right answers; it's about being able to notice what God is doing in every circumstance, and seeing how God ultimately controls the outcome of our lives. Even the animals and birds know that much, he said!