Can You Name Each Tiny Bird?

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This weekend is the Great Backyard Bird Count. If I was at my previous home, I'm quite sure I'd be eagerly participating, keeping track of the birds that visit the feeders. Here it's not quite as easy, because I'd probably have to go to a park or other space where I could actually see and hear the birds.

How to Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count

Merlin Bird ID is a free app that makes it much easier to identify the birds you see and hear.

Check out the Audubon Guide to North American Birds. There's also a free Audubon Bird Guide App.

Birds are so interesting - all the colors and varieties and different songs. Even learning how to tell one species of sparrow or finch from another can be a challenge, because the differences in their markings or songs can be tiny. In North America alone there are over 2000 species of birds, and at least 40 different species of sparrows! Take a look at this article, Learn How to ID These 5 Confusing Streaked Sparrows, to get an idea of the subtle differences between sparrows and then imagine trying to identify which sparrow is at a feeder from several yards away!

Yet Jesus says that not one sparrow can fall without God the Father knowing about it. Since the Bible tells us that God calls the stars by name, He probably calls each bird by name too, don't you think?

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

~Matthew 10:29-31~

Isn't it amazing that the God of the universe also is the God of the little birds? And if He cares about the birds, how much more does he care about you and me?  

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

~Matthew 6:25-26~

With all that is happening in the world today, it's very tempting to worry and fret. What will I do if - -? What if this happens to my family? What if things get a lot worse? How will we manage if - -? What if . . . what if . . . what if . . .

If there are things we can do to be prepared for hard times or disasters, we should do them. But as I was reminded in a conversation with a friend just recently, I can't live in fear and worry about what might happen. I will have much more peace if I obey God's prompting, and trust him to keep his promises. The God who keeps track of each tiny bird and knows the number of hairs on my head can be trusted to provide for our needs, and to give us the strength and endurance to get through whatever trials life throws at us. 

This post is part of the Write 28 Days Blogging Challenge hosted by Anita Ojeda. Find all my posts for the 2023 challenge here: Write Something Somewhere

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