For April 5th:

“I tell you, do not be anxious about your life. . . Look at the birds, . . . your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not of more value than they? . . . do not be anxious  about tomorrow…”  Matthew 6:25-3

Terminal.  Betrayed.  Terminated.  Despair.  Confusion.  Frustration.  Grief.  Anxiety.  Fear.  This is what life can look and feel like when life lays shattered at your feet.  Scenarios are different but the feelings are the same and the question – why, where is God?!

Something I’ve learned through my own “life-shattering” experiences is to focus on the promises of God – not the explanation.  During one particular dark, life-shattering time the passage above became my lifeline.  Each morning was a struggle to get up and make it through the day.  But every morning, for 4 months, a little bird was perched on top of a pole singing it’s heart out as I walked into the building for work.  Every morning, regardless of my arrival time, that little bird’s song echoed in my heart words of love and encouragement from my Heavenly Father.  God is faithful!   I will always believe that God appointed that little bird to sing for me.

And now each bird’s song I hear brings a smile and an opportunity to say “thank-you” to such a gracious and loving FATHER!  Hear His song of love and encouragement today!

MaryBeth Hammett