Created, Cared for, Called
- He who masterminded the universe, the Lord God Omnipotent, is the One who called the stars into being, commanded light, spoke the Word that brought about the existence of time and space and every form of matter: salt and stone, rose and redwood, feather and fur, and fin and flesh. The titmouse and the turkey answer to Him. The sheep, the pig, and the finch are His, at His disposal, possessed and known by Him.
We too are created, owned, possessed, known. We are dependent as the javelina is dependent. As I look at the ewe, peaceful, dependent, finding her food provided by the Lord, I think of how He provides for me as well.
Elisabeth Elliot | Joyful Surrender
Said the Robin to the Sparrow, "I should really like to know Why these anxious human beings Rush about and worry so." Said the Sparrow to the Robin, "Friend, I think that it must be That they have. no heavenly Father Such as cares for you and me." -Philip E. Howard Jr.
- Cast all your cares upon Him, for you are his charge.
- Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store I barns, yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. You are worth more than the birds!