This week we had a baby bird running around our backyard. Somehow it had fallen out of its nest under the eave and was unable to get back to it.
When I first saw the bird, I was heartbroken. It was walking around the yard trying to fly, but could never get more than a foot or two off the ground. How was it going to survive? I worried.
I sprinkled bread crumbs around the yard hoping it would eat some, and I even tried to hand feed it. But it would only run away, scared.
Then the most amazing thing happened.
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Some of us may have a great relationship with our dad, and because of this, Father’s Day last week was probably a happy day. But some of us may not have this kind of relationship at all, and maybe Father’s Day was difficult.
Yet, no matter how you get along with your dad, you’ll always have a solid relationship with God.
And what kind of Father is He?…
He loves you.
“I have loved you with an everlasting love.” Jeremiah 31:3
He wants the best for you.
“For I know the plans I have for you…plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”
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Fear. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like it. I don’t like the feelings of hesitation and dread that come with it, either.
Yet even if we don’t like being fearful, there are things in life that are going to make us scared.
We might fear for our kids’ safety. Or our health. Or we might simply fear doing something because we don’t want to fail. But regardless of what we’re scared of, with God in our lives, our fears can be much less.
The apostle Paul talks about this in 2 Timothy 1:7, saying,
“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but rather a spirit of power and of love…”
In fact, there are tons of verses in the Bible about fear.
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Worry. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it from time to time. We worry about our kids. Our health. Our relationships. We worry about our finances. Our careers. Or our future. It can be hard not to worry, especially if there’s something that’s putting any one of these things at risk.
Since I’m a pretty good worrier, I absolutely love chapter six in the book of Matthew…
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear…” (v.
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