The day I came to know Christ personally - the day I asked Him into my heart - I was 4 years old and I had found a dead sparrow in the backyard. As I prodded it with a stick, I asked mom in earnest if this bird was in Heaven; she kindly told me it wasn't, and explained that birds did not have souls. She went on to explain how humans are different from birds or animals in that they have eternal souls - and the mystery of reconciliation. That warm spring day in 1989, my heart found God to be very real, and very present; I invited Him to be Lord of my life. Of course, it has looked different for me as I have matured from the precocious age of 4 to the age of 24. But the Lord has used the idea of a Sparrow to minister to me throughout my walk with Him. Specifically, verses in Matthew 10 when Jesus is sending out His disciples, who were afraid:
26"So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29Are not two sparrows sold for a pennyd]">[d]? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."
I matter to the Creator of the Universe. He has counted my hairs, and created my inmost being. He has bought me at the highest cost, and has called me His own. Hallelujah!
And on that note...we have invested in bird feeders! :) They are are new source of entertainment...and are enjoyed by us almost as much as they are relished by Emma and Leona. Especially Leona, whose current soul delight in life is to make us aware of any squirrel that should intrude on our feeders.
Kenny and I bought the feeder above first, but Squirrels were mooching all-to-easily, and we bought our second feeder: THE SQUIRREL BUSTER! Which worked for 3 uneventful days, until Fatty McButterpants went all "Mission Impossible" on our feeder...*sigh*
I carry the torch now for a Sinclair family tradition: St. Patrick's day Dinner! Traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage, potatoes, carrots and Irish Soda Bread! Sinclair is an Irish name, and Jeanette (Kenny's mom) cooked this most March 17ths :) We had my parents, grandparents, Jon and Abigail over and it was a great night!
65 degrees here today! It's pansy time here in Cincinnati and I potted some arrangements for our home in the beautiful Spring sunshine. Kenny was tearing down the rotted fence in the back to make room for the new Kentucky Board Fence we have going in soon! (Thank you, tax return.) I figured I'd make myself useful around the house as well...perhaps I have a green thumb??? (to be continued...)
"Y'all come back now...Ya hear?" :)
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