If there is one thing I know, you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel if you are turned the wrong way. And how many times we get turned the wrong way and don't know and wander around in darkness, stubbing our toes, scraping our fingers, bumping our heads and feeling all cold and damp. We wander when we fail to see the beauty of everyday. We wander when we fail to be grateful for this life we live even when we don't understand it. We wander when we don't love others. We wander when we spend time complaining when mana is right there all along. We wander when we don't offer forgiveness. All of this will keep us in the dark, trapped at the end of a tunnel.
A bird was trapped in our tent today and was scared and panting and could not find her way out. I was coaxing and wooing her to no avail. And I remembered this prayer and it is so true for us sparrows..who wander and find themselves lost...
"Lord God — of all the world, You see the sparrows —
us with the messy nests who are welcome at Your altar,
us with the loneliness who are encircled in Your care,
us with the smallness who are remembered and held and never forgotten
before the God who has an eye for all the Sparrows.
So sparrows don’t stress. Because they trust. Your Will is better than our ways.
So sparrows don’t hurry. Because they don’t fear. Your altar is better than our agendas.
So sparrows don’t worry — Because they are Yours.
Your sovereignty is better than the skies." Ann Voskamp
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