When I got home from work yesterday, I took advantage of the beautiful weather and worked in the yard for about five hours trimming shrubs, clearing out old mulch, edging, mowing the grass, and putting down new mulch.
I took a little break because Kyle and Macy brought me a Ttown Snow 😋 and as we visited, a little bird hopped nearby. I could hear him talking and I asked Kyle to use his birding app to listen and see what kind of bird it was. He did – and the result was a Chipping Sparrow (photo included).
I just paused and had to hold back tears. And I felt Holy Spirit say – “I see him….and I see you, too.”
Life has been hard lately. As a person who tries my best to be optimistic and remain hopeful, it seems like every day has brought a new sort of gut punch. Sometimes they are things in my life; sometimes they are things happening in the lives of those I know and love. And….it just gets heavy. Really, really heavy.
Before I stopped to eat my sno cone, I was literally entertaining the thought of “I don’t know how much more I can take. It’s all so heavy. ” Have you been there? Do you know someone else who is there?
In those moments, it’s easy to feel as if nobody sees. It’s easy to feel as if nobody cares.
So the Lord sent me a little Chipping Sparrow this evening to silence the junk I was rehearsing in my head.
“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 ESV
REALLY? It could have been any kind of bird…..but He sent a Sparrow.
Thank You, Lord.
I know He sent that little Chipping Sparrow for me…..but he wasn’t sent JUST for me. So I’m writing this to remind someone else of this, too.
❤️🐦⬛🎶
Lessons from the Lawn 