The rainbow Lorikeet, what a beautiful bird; and those colors- gray, yellow, red ( several shades ), green, blue, black, orange and possibly brown for the feet.
Birds, I think about them more lately because my good friend Bruce Arnold sends me pictures of the birds that come to his feeder for a meal. Some of them are very beautiful, especially the Cardinals!
I couldn’t help but think of what Jesus said about birds in the “Sermon on the Mount” and how they can teach us something about God…
Matthew 6 ( World English Bible )
19 “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;
21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
25 Therefore, I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
27 “Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan?
28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin,
29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’
32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
Take a few minutes and consider your life; has God ever let you down? In my life, my real problems have been those of my own thoughtlessness, carelessness and sin.
In retrospect, God has provided what I really needed and time and time again. He has shown me that he cares for me and that worry is futile. The more possession I have, the more they consume of both time and money. Perhaps its time to downsize a bit...
Last night, I was watching an episode of “Clairese” ( hope I spelled that correctly ) and she was interviewing a young man who said he grew up “dirt poor”, but had everything he needed. Almost sounds odd to actually hear someone say that today, but refreshing in a way.
We are surrounded by beauty, we just need to take the time to look. God has blessed us in so many ways, but have we thanked HIM for our blessings? I am thankful, just to have the opportunity to see that beautiful, multicolored Lorikeet. Now, I have to go- time to offer a prayer of thanksgiving for my blessings. Anyone want to join me?