Thursday, April 22, 2004
Thursday, April 22, 2004
For it is the God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," who has shone in our
hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
(2 Corinthians 4.6
NRSV)
Several weeks later the superintendent came back to the tree. He got into a bucket truck and was lifted so he could peer into the nest. The fledglings were gone. They had obviously learned to fly. The superintendent ordered the tree cut down.
As the tree crashed to the ground, the nest fell clear and some of the material that the birds had gathered to make the nest was scattered about. Part of the material was a scrap torn from a Sunday school pamphlet. On the scrap of paper were these words: "He careth for you."
That's the good news for the day. The same God whose eye is on the sparrow is watching over you and me. There is no burden God will not help us carry. There is no valley through which we walk that God will not walk with us. Do not lose heart. Even as life takes its toll on our outer person, the inner person can ever be made strong. Believe in the future. Focus on the tasks at hand. Know that God cares for you.
Dear God, may your care for me help me to see the face of Christ in all that I do. Amen.
