Summary: <br> I watched a bird meticulously build her nest for several days in our backyard pergola. Every morning I would go out to find she had added more to the nest until it was perfection, awaiting her precious eggs. Then a storm came through overnight and the next morning I found her perfectly constructed nest laying on the cement below.<br> Everything she had worked for was gone. The babies would be coming soon and she had no nest for them. Imagine the panic. Poor mama must have been stressed the heck out.<br> Have you ever felt that way? Maybe you even feel that way right now. You worked so hard, you were so close, then it was gone. You’re left wondering what you’re going to do and how this will ever be okay again. But honey, look at your track record. You have a 100% survival rate so far. You’ve made it through every single thing that has ever happened to you. And whether you acknowledge him or not, that was God getting you through. That was God’s provision. That was God’s blessing. That was God’s divine work in your life.<br> Let God’s proven provision bring you peace today. He has proven his faithfulness to you. He will care for you through this too.<br> After finding the fallen nest, I quickly noticed one bird flying through the air with a long piece of straw. There she was, rebuilding her nest. She was working quickly to prepare for the eggs she was about to lay. What she needed was provided.<br> That day, I saw God’s hand at work, caring for this bird. Providing what was needed, even when things had gone wrong. Why aren’t we able to see this better in our daily lives? Why do we assume the burden and stress when God so clearly demonstrates not only his ability, but his desire to care for us?<br> There’s a paragraph in my bible with the title “DO NOT WORRY”. The words are directly from Jesus so their power is life altering. His words are for you and for me, for today.<br> Matthew 6:26-27 “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? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”<br> The birds trust what they need will be there when they need it, even when disaster hits. We can too, and even more so.<br> Jesus says you are valuable. He says you are priceless. He says your heavenly father will make a way for you. And your worrying will not help anything.<br> Watch the bird once those eggs hatch and there are hungry little mouths to feed. She flies out of the nest searching for what is needed for that day. Food is needed to take back to her babies. If she sits in her nest and worries about how hard it will be to find a worm, are the babies fed? If she chirps away and sings a sad song to the babies about the stress of flying out once again to feed them, does she help anything? If she worries too much about leaving the babies and circling the nest like a helicopter parent, she can’t bring back dinner.<br> So, she trusts. Every day she trusts. She leaves the nest with confidence knowing the babies are hungry and she will come back with food for them. Daily trust for their daily provision.<br> And Jesus says, look how Papa takes care of that bird. Look how he has exactly what she needs as she goes out to find it. Look how she trusts and he provides. And won’t he do even more for you? Won’t Papa take care of you?<br> Oh my sister, why are you singing that sad song? Why were you worrying yesterday? Why sit and dwell on what is lost when God has given you the opportunity to do something today?<br> I slept with my windows open last night. The birds woke me with their songs this morning. Their joy is evident. They are happy to be alive. They were cared for yesterday, and they are preparing to go out and find what God has provided for them and their family again today.
