Birds, Burdens, and Benevolence
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What can God’s fatherly love and kindness towards birds tell us of his love and commitment to relieving our burdens and caring for us?
God loves and cares for us deeply. God cares for all of his creation and he cares for and provides for each of us uniquely.
In Matthew’s Gospel account, Jesus said, “Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?” (Matthew 6:26-27, ESV).
Later in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus said, “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” (Matthew 10:29-31, ESV).
If God cares so lovingly for the birds of the air, how much more will he care for us?
May we trust the God of the sparrow without any anxiety or fear, recognizing if God cares for the birds of the air, and numbers our hair, he will also give us his love, provision, and care.
A Collect for Peace: “O God, the author of peace and lover of concord, to know you is eternal life and to serve you is perfect freedom: Defend us, your humble servants, in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in your defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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