So Don't Be Afraid

Tuesday last week, one of our budgies died suddenly at the unripe young age of one and a half years.

His lifeless body was still warm and soft under my touch as I pulled it from his cage. Recalling a verse in Matthew, I realized, as I held this little sweet bird in my hands, that God knows.

"What is the price of two sparrows —

one copper coin?

But not a single sparrow

can fall to the ground

without your Father knowing it."

Matthew 10:29 (NLT)

And if God cares about this one bird who fell to the bottom of his cage, how much more He must care about each one of us.

"So don't be afraid;

you are more valuable to God

than a whole flock of sparrows."

Matthew 10:31 (NLT)