I will be ready to have a life of my own, though - once I get my degree and can start my career. I love my kids, and I love that I have been able to be so directly involved in their lives. But when they leave???? And grow up and go to college???? I would go CRAZY if I didn't have a life of my own too! This week has definitely proven that!
We have enjoyed the benefit of the tropical storm/hurricane; that being all the wonderful rain we've received! For this part of the country, it's such a rare commodity! Flash floods and everything! Also a great answer to the prayer over my yard! (Yes I pray for my yard as I am working hard on it) :0) It's looking amazing - between the moisture and the awesome home-made fertilizer....it does wonders! (see previous post for ingredients!)
I sat and drank coffee on the front porch the other day and watched the sparrows swoop in and out...they were hesitant at first to come to their nest, (which is on our front porch attached to the brick). But once they knew I wasn't a threat, they would fly into their nest and just sit. We get babies every year and we love it! (other than the poop)
Birds always remind me of the verse in Matthew 6:25-34:
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." (NIV Version)
If you really stop to think about that verse, that many of us have heard so many times.... God provides the food, the water, the shelter, etc., for the birds of the air. They don't have to sow and reap...and yet God feeds them. And we are much more valuable to God! Why do we worry so much about things that don't even matter? As long as we are seeking him, we never have anything to worry about. What a challenge to our daily faith - to let go of the control...(I try so hard to be the one in control of everything) we forget that if we just let God handle it, the weight is lifted off of our shoulders, the stress - EVERYTHING!
Every time I panic about something, I am always humbled when God answers my prayer...and I think....'WHY DIDN'T I JUST REMEMBER THAT HE SEES!' He knows the need before WE even know the need.
Today I pray that our confidence in God's faithfulness grows more and more each and every day! I pray that we use the birds we see every day as constant reminders that he always provides and there is nothing else to worry or be concerned about, no matter what the circumstances look like! I pray that when we ask God to handle something, we fully and completely give it to Him 100%. That we are humbled every time our prayers are answered as he proves over and over again to 'handle' our every need. In Jesus Name, Amen.
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