I'm not ready to be called the "bird lady" yet, I am not an avid bird watcher, but I do love birds. The little finches and blue jays that I see outside my kitchen window, they are such a lovely sight. I find such beauty in them.
This time of year I feel that beauty even more.
But nowadays you don't have to wait for the coming of Spring, you can even find them in department stores and it doesn't seem to matter the season. On plates, on jewelry, on cups, saucers, glasses....
I guess the reason I love it when I see a bird is because birds make me think of hope, they make me think of sheer freedom.
Last evening I had the privilege of eating dinner at my parents' home. The whole family sitting around my parents' table. Such a wholesome blessing. Really it is.
As we were ending the meal, we started talking about my job status, my BIL's job status, the economy...blah blah. This topic of conversation quickly ended. It was bringing me too close, much too close to indigestion. I remember saying something like "well, if God can take care of the flowers and make them spring up through no will of their own, surely He can take care of me, right?!" :) We all seemed to smile, even chuckle a bit, and we all nodded our heads. Yes, God is a big God. He can take care of His children.
Matthew 6:30 Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you? O ye of little faith?
Are you of little faith? Do you falter in your faith when it comes to believing for your own needs? If so, don't feel alone. I seem to do the same. I can believe wholeheartedly for others, but most of the time (sadly) when it comes to myself, I don't have as much faith. I do have faith, just not as much when it comes to my own self. I don't know if that's because I feel I don't deserve my prayers being answered or what it is. However, through it all, I do hold on to the belief that God hears and in His own time He will answer. I also believe that I am His child. And because I am His child that makes Him my Father, and because He's my Father He has me on His hands. When it comes to being a child of God, there is no "get out on your own" plan. :) We have to lean on Him. He's the Creator of all. I find such comfort in that. God isn't ready to kick any one of His children out! He loves it when we depend on Him.
My mom called this afternoon. In the conversation I told her about the status of me talking to someone about a potential job earlier today. She said, "yes, just remember what we talked about yesterday, if God can feed the birds He can make sure your needs are met too". With a smile I said, "well...if I don't get I job...can't eat...I'm gonna be asking God why He didn't make me a bird!!!". We laughed.
On second thought, it probably WOULDN'T hurt if I did eat like a bird! LOL
Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
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