Birds

“Therefore, I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?  Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?                                                       Matthew 6:25-27

As I write this reflection, I am looking at my bird feeder and my suet cage. The suet gives birds the added calories they need for the cold winter. The birds do not know who feeds them. Birds can certainly fend for themselves, and they do not need me to feed them. Yet I get pleasure out of seeing them line up on my deck to head over to the feeders. Jesus said that the birds don’t have to “sow or reap” or worry about storing up food. The heavenly Father feeds them.

I kind of like the idea that God can use me to feed them too.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for allowing us to be part of caring for all your creatures, Amen