See the trees and hedges, how they swarm with prey birds. A man who is fond of birds calls them God’s preachers, and no doubt they have many valuable lessons to teach us. Next time you are passing along the road, or through the woods, see what you can learn from God’s bird preachers.
Two sparrows sitting on the branch of a tree chirping their morning thanks to God, so convinced a thankless, God-forgetting man of his sin, that he found no peace till he was converted and praising God for salvation. A Christian had for his coat of arms a pair of birds, with the text underneath,
“Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings.”
“Once he was a poor boy, and had no one to care for him. A kind friend was raised up by God who took him, and taught him to read, and gradually he rose to an honored position as a man and a Christian. He owed it all to God, and so he loved to acknowledge it.
God cares more for you than the sparrows, and gave far more for your redemption: He gave His Son.
Boys and girls become like what they feed on. Reading stories of cruelty makes them cruel. Low class stories make boys just like the men they tell of. How careful then you should be, what you read and what you hear.
“Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil.
If we know the Lord Jesus as our Saviour, read our Bibles and learn more of Him, walk and talk with Him, we shall grow more like Him—He is meek and lowly.
ML 07/22/1945