After church today I stood in the parking lot watching a red tail hawk on the hunt. I don't know if it's the one that lives in our yard - could be since it's only about 2 blocks away. All at once after flying in his lazy-seeming circles, he swooped with razor precision down to the prey he spied! It was majestic! We marveled at the beauty of this creature God made!
Jesus talked about birds - the ones in the field and the air and especially the sparrow.
The sparrow is no red tail hawk! I doubt many would ever stand and marvel at a sparrow, but Jesus did - so it must warrant doing! He said, Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. (Matt. 10:29)
Just the fact that Jesus chose to single out the sparrow from all the other thousands of types of birds tells us something important! If what Jesus said is true, and I'm pretty doggone sure it is - THEN the implications for you and me are pretty impressive! If God can take time out of His "day" to notice the goings-on of sparrows, then that means even the least of us are under His watch and care ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE! That's awesome for sure!
Today I wouldn't have stood marveling for quite a few minutes if a sparrow had been flitting around here and there. I stood and marveled as the hawk soared and swooped! In retrospect I am so thankful that I don't have to be a hawk doing spectacular stunts in the sky to get God's eye on me! I have His Word, His promise that assures me He cares totally even for the tiny sparrow. Because His eye is on the sparrow, I know...I know...I know (Can't you just hear the rolling, throaty contralto tones of Ethel Waters?!) He cares for me ... for you!!! or, as she sings, He watches we!
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