"So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life-whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes. Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing? Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than they are. Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not." ~Matthew 6:25-27
This verse came to mind today when I spotted a bird gliding its way around trees and rooftops. I thought what an easy life it must be to be a bird, and in fact any animal or even a tree. There are no big decisions to be made. No real worries about what to do next, what to eat, or where to go. They probably never get bored. They certainly do not have to battle against sin and doing the right thing. Yeah, I know I'd like that kind of life.
But yet, Jesus says I am more valuable to Him than that bird. Okay. Except that today I'm thinking that if I am so valuable God, couldn't you have made my life as simple as the bird's life?
That is more of a rhetorical question folks. I know better and I can give myself all the right answers in fact. But sometimes I have questions, and I bet you do too.
As the song says, 'life goes on'. And as it does I keep learning how to trust my Provider for all the big and small things alike.
Jehovah Jireh!
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