| Thank you Gary for Iming me this morning to do devo today. It was soo good that I will be posting it on my xanga.
Ever since I started going back to school I have been stressing! I reallyam not a big fan of school and I really have no idea what I really want to do. Being as young as I am, I dont have much time to waste.
Passage Matthew 6:25-34:
Do Not Worry 25"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? 26Look
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? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]? 28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If
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? 31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
OUR DAILY BREAD
Wednesday
April 2, 2008
Michael Cardinal
Read: Matthew 6:25-34
Look at the birds of the air . . . . --Matthew 6:26
Twig by twig a cardinal constructed a bowl-shaped home in the bush
outside my office window. Soon she laid an egg and kept it warm until
it hatched. I named the little bird Michael. Although he was tiny, he
had a huge appetite. His parents worked hard to keep him fed and safe.
In a few months, Michael was ready to leave, and I was there to witness
the amazing event.
When Michael left, so did mom and dad. The nest remained empty
until the next spring. When mama cardinal returned, I was happy to see
her but also sad. We had sold our house and I was concerned that the
new owners might chop down the bush. But my concern soon turned to
amazement. As I dismantled my office, mama cardinal dismantled her
nest. By the time we left, so had the cardinal family. Mama cardinal's
God-given instincts had told her to move.
This brought to mind another nature lesson. Using birds and
lilies as examples, Jesus urged people not to worry. Since God takes
care of birds, surely He will take care of His people (Matt. 6:26-30).
When concern for our own well-being leads to anxious thoughts,
we can look at the birds and be assured of our value to God and of His
care for us. --Julie Ackerman Link
I sing because I'm happy,
I sing because I'm free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me. --Martin
We need not fear the perils around us because the eye of the Lord is always upon us.
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