When I come across these photos of this beautiful American
Robin that I photographed in Frisco back in 2018 or 2019 which was a very
difficult season in my life, it always puts a smile on my face and reminds me
how delicate life is. I see his little feet and legs balancing him on the fence
and think about the fact that God takes care of the tiniest details in our
life. And even though they’re tiny, and we don’t think about the tiny things as
much as we do the big things, it’s those tiny things that make all the
difference whether we survive, fall apart, or fall off our perch.
I hate to admit that there are more times than not that I
feel like things in my life are out of control and that I’ll never be able to
hold on to some sense of normalcy, and in today’s political world alone much
less all of the other things we have to balance in life, I know that many
people feel the same way that I do. Watching nature or spending time in nature
and especially watching birds, like this
robin, remind me that God has created us, with the tiniest details in mind,
which are the very foundation of what keeps us together. That foundation is
that place inside of us that God put there for us to have faith in something
and then he provided that something for us to have faith in. It only takes
enough faith that is the size of a mustard seed to be able to believe in God
and what He did for us and how much He is a God of love. That something that
God provided for us to have faith in is
Jesus Christ, who left his father’s side in heaven and became a man and died on
the cross and rose from the dead to cleanse us of our sins so that when we die
and leave this earth we can spend an eternity in heaven with Him.
I have often wondered why it would only take enough faith
the size of a mustard seed to believe in such a big God. A mustard seed is so tiny, and I think about if
I were to pour water inside of a mustard seed to fill it up it would be only a
tiny drop of water, and that’s what it would take if our faith is like water to
fill up that mustard seed, just a tiny drop of faith is all that we need to be
able to trust in God or believe in God.
You see a mustard seed grows into a very big sturdy strong
tree which is amazing because it’s seed is so tiny. This is what happens to
your faith when you believe in God, it starts out as a tiny little seed of
faith but the more that you water it and tend to it, by fellowshipping with God
and reading your Bible, the more your faith grows into a very strong sturdy
faith in God.
With the images of tiny mustard seeds and big mustard seed
trees in mind, now I hope you can understand that when I look at these pictures
of this robin and the delicate details that hold him up and on his perch how it
is that I have a sense of peace and comfort knowing that when I’m feeling
overwhelmed that I can call on God and thank Him for my salvation and thank Him
for His creation. So I encourage you first of all if you don’t have a
relationship with Jesus Christ as your personal savior, send me a message and I
would be happy to talk to you about that or you can contact a local pastor, and
also go out into nature, which really can just be your own backyard, and look
around you and see what you can find that reminds you that God really has
created the tiniest details to help us find peace and comfort in our crazy
world and to keep us from falling off of our perch.
Did you know that a mustard seeds tree is meant to grow big
enough for birds to be able to nest and perch in its branches? It’s one more
reminder of why I find comfort and peace when I watch God’s creation around me.
Matthew 13:31-32 NIV “He told them another parable: “The
kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his
field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the
largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch
in its branches.””
