An Unfinished Nest
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An Unfinished Nest
by Roy Davison
It is spring. Hedges are budding, and yellow
blossoms decorate the trees.
Yet, as I walked home from town, I saw something
that made me sad. A dead sparrow lay beside the
road, evidently killed by a passing car.
And still clamped in her motionless beak was a
twig.
"Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And
not one of them falls to the ground apart from
your Father's will" (Matthew 10:29).
God feeds the birds and cares for us (Luke 12:24),
yet there is a day of death. Like the rich man, we
pass away in the midst of our pursuits (James
1:11).
"Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will
go to such and such a city, spend a year there,
buy and sell, and make a profit'; whereas you do
not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is
your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a
little time and then vanishes away. Instead you
ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we shall live
and do this or that' " (James 4:13-15).
"Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor
the hour in which the Son of Man is coming"
(Matthew 25:13).
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Roy is a long-term missionary in Belgium and
webmaster for the Old Paths sites.
http://www.oldpaths.com/RD
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