Happy National Sparrow Day. I know some of you are marking the equinox. Or Spring, as we know it. This is an important season, I will agree. But, we can’t really trust it here in the Midwest. Summer is pretty much reliably hot. We can count on it. And fall is beautiful even on a bad year. (Like this one, when the leaves fell short of glorious.) Winter does occasionally forget to be chilly and allows us to go coatless in December. This is also forgivable.
But a snowstorm in April? Not so much. And you’ve dumped those on us more than once, Miss Spring. You do not play nicely with others sometimes. So, I simply do not trust you. Plus, the tornadoes. Enough said.
So, today, I’m celebrating the lowly sparrow. And do you know why, Dear Reader? Because God does.
Not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. So don’t be afraid; You are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. Matthew 10:31 NLT
In the Bible, He uses the sparrow to remind us that He cares about that report you have to write today. Or that bill you can’t pay. Or that child who won’t talk about his troubles.
I’m not making light of that. It is one of the most beautiful truths in the Bible and in life. God does pay attention to the details. If you think about it, I expect you can think of a sparrow moment in your life. A time when God took care of something other people might have considered insignificant.
If you think of one, and if you want to party with me, feel free to celebrate National Sparrow Day by telling your story in the comments.
(P.S. Welcome to Spring.)
(P.S.S. This is also Happy Birthday to my novel The Secrety of Serendipity, and, the song “His Eye is on the Sparrow” plays a role in the story. What a coincidence.)
I have many sparrow moments. Trying to think of one in particular is a challenge at the moment. They can be as little as grabbing the exact right number of something like sheets of printer paper and having it come out exactly right. God truly is a God of details, thankfully!
That is a great description!