In Matthew 6:27 we read, “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?”
God’s care for the birds comes to light for me when I think about the swallows of San Juan Capistrano. For more than 150 years the swallows arrive on March 19 and leave on October 23. Their survival depends on the innate ability God has place within them to know when to leave and when to return. If God provides such loving care for the birds, how much more will He do for us who are created in His image?
Said the robin to the sparrow,
“I should really like to know,
Why these anxious human beings
Rush about and worry so.”
Said the sparrow to the robin,
“Friend I think that it must be,
That they have no Heavenly Father,
Such as cares for you and me.”
Elizabeth Cheney
This Thanksgiving, why don’t you stop and thank the Lord for how He cares for you and me?
Dr. William R. Glaze