Almost Time For Hummingbirds!

With the recent snow storm, I was able to see that many of my normal birds have returned. Some have stayed around all winter, but others are just starting to show up. It makes me very excited for the return of the hummingbirds. They are by far my favorite bird to watch and listen to with the finches close behind as my second favorite! While watching all the snow fall this past weekend, I saw four yellow finches arrive to the Bowling household. Hopefully they enjoyed their thistle and will bring all their friends when spring really does decide to show up. Along with the finches, the male and female cardinals were fascinating to watch. I put out ears of corn and they loved it! At one time, I counted 18 cardinals from the living room window. With all the birds "flocking" to our house for some snacks, I couldn't help but be reminded of a passage I need to constantly read over and over. If you know me very well, then you know I am a worrier..... About everything! This passage helps me to realize I am not in control and God is - no anxiety needed!


Matthew 6:25-34

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.