Christian Reflection and Prayer

A female sparrow was hit by a car as she swooped low across the road, and the condition was soon fatal.

Her male mate brought her food and attended her with love and compassion.

He brought her food again, but was shocked to find her dead.

He tried to move her - a rarely seen effort.

Aware that his mate was dead and would never come back to him again, he cried with adoring love...

...and stood beside her with sadness and sorrow. 

And many people think animals and birds don't have brains or feelings.  You have just heard of love and sorrow felt by God's creatures.  The Bible says that God knows when a sparrow falls.  Imagine how much He cares for us!

"His Eye is on the Sparrow"

Why should I feel discouraged,
Why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart feel lonely
And long for Heav'n and home,
When Jesus is my portion?
A constant Friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches over me;
His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.

Let not your heart be troubled,"
His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness,
I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth
But one step I may see:
His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.

Remember:

LIVE SIMPLY, LOVE GENEROUSLY,
CARE DEEPLY, AND SPEAK KINDLY.

Scripture:

13 When people are tempted, they should
not say, "God is tempting me." Evil cannot
tempt God, and God himself does not tempt
anyone.14 But people are tempted when their
own evil desire leads them away and traps
them.15 This desire leads to sin, and then
the sin grows and brings death.
James 1:13-15 (New Century Version)

Reflection:

It's an amazing thing
about us humans,
when something goes bad in our lives
we need to blame somebody and that's
usually God.  God why did You do this
to me or God why did you let this
happen to me?  I've even heard people
blame God for the holocaust, war, murder,
genocide (etc.) or at the very least claim
God is apathetic to evil.  And oh by the
way, we very rarely praise or thank God
when things goes right in our lives.
My friends, over the 62 years of my
life, I have discovered this:
Our God never, I repeat never, tempts
us with evil.  This would be completely
contrary to the nature of God. 
We must always remember the devil,
(satan), is the primary tempter and
provider of evil in our lives and in our
world. (Matthew 4: 1-10).
While sometimes we destroy ourselves,
our Father in heaven only gives us His
grace and good gifts.
REMEMBER GOD LOVES US AND EVIL
HATES US. GOD SEE'S US AS WINNERS,
SATAN SEE'S US AS LOSERS.

Scripture:

25He replied, "Whether he is a sinner or not,
I don't know. One thing I do know. I was blind
but now I see!"
John 9:25 (New International Version)

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
John Newton (1725-1807)

Reflection:

"Was blind but now I see"
How is that possible?  How can you be
blind but now you see?  It would be
impossible, it would have to be a
miracle.
That blind man did not know very much
about Jesus  He just knew that Jesus
had healed him.  A Miracle, he was
now seeing.
Because of this miracle, this man let
everyone know how great Jesus was.
You know something, we don't need to
know everything about Jesus.  We
just need to tell people what we do
know about Him, and that might be
enough.
"I WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE"
I'M GOING TO TELL ALL ABOUT THAT
MIRACLE.
IT WAS A LIFE CHANGER!!!!!!!

Prayer:

Lord,through many dangers, toils and
snares I have already come;
It's Your Grace that brought me safe thus far
and I know that Your Grace will lead me home.