Bird watching
Let us, your servants, see you work again;
let our children see your glory. ~ Psalm 90:16 (NLT)
Look at the birds in the sky! They don’t plant or harvest. They don’t even store grain in barns. Yet your Father in heaven takes care of them. Aren’t you worth more than birds? ~ Matthew 6:26 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
Our heavenly Father takes care of us.
PRAYER:
Heavenly Father, your loving provision is beyond our comprehension. No matter how smart we are, we can only grasp a little of your care. Forgive me for not even trying, though. I prefer to worry over every little thing or to doubt that anything good might come my way apart from a grand effort on my part. Help me to trust you more than I already do. Help me to give up worry. I'm going to watch the birds and let them teach me. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
