Do you feel small today? Hidden, or forgotten? Are the storms in your life so loud it seems like no one could possibly hear your little peeps?
Take heart, dear one. Your Father hears and sees.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. Matthew 10:29-31
I am daily awed by God’s tender and detailed care of me. That is one of the reasons I loved the post I am sharing today, written by Ali a few years ago.
I am blessed to live out in the country, and, like Ali, I see precious examples of how God cares for us in the created world everywhere I turn. Life, hope, new beginnings… I see them daily modeled before me in our woods and fields.
Read Ali’s sweet story of how God showed Himself through His care of a wee bird one stormy afternoon…
A Storm and a Swallow
By Ali Shaw
Here in Central Texas, we recently experienced a ferocious storm. Bad weather turned serious under a flash flood and tornado warning, and we had to take shelter for about 45 minutes.
The wind howled, the sky absolutely gushed water, and lightning struck so often that at times there was scarcely a break between one clash and another boom. It was a dangerous storm and the threat was real. {Patti wrote a little about that same storm here.}
But later that evening things calmed down. The rain stopped, the wind calmed, the lightning passed, and the clouds became beautiful instead of menacing. And as I looked out into my backyard something in the top corner of my porch roof caught my eye. A little swallow flapped her wings, readjusted herself, and snuggled back down in her nest on top of the corner support pillar.
I was so excited and pure joy bubbled up in my throat… I couldn’t believe that this sweet little bird made it through the storm safely! She’d been sitting on her eggs in that nest for several weeks before this storm hit and I have no idea if she weathered the storm right there or if she found a safer haven and then later returned….
To read more of Ali’s post about the little swallow, and three truths about our loving Creator, click here
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