Birdsong
Jesus warned His disciples right up front that following Him would not be easy. Persecution, privation and even death awaited anyone who took being His follower seriously. Any advertising firm will tell you that accentuating the negative isn't a good selling point for any product. But there was, as always, a plus side. The same Lord who didn't promise a bed or roses, did make this promise: " Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father…so don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows " (Matthew 10:29). At first glance that sounds positive, the stuff of the famous song from which come these words: "His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me." Every day for the believer should be a day of thanking God for keeping an eye on us, even when we fall. What? Fall? The promise for the believer is not an absence of all the things that the Lord had just finished warning His f...