A Thankful November: Ravens
Friday, November 2, 2007 at 4:48PM
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I’m thankful for ravens because God feeds them, and that reminds me that he provides for me, too. 

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?  26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.  (Luke 12:22-28 ESV)

If you live around ravens, you know that not only do they not have storehouses and barns, they eat by scavenging for garbage and carrion and other yummy things. And they don’t spend all their time working just to survive, but are one of the few birds with the time and intelligence to do things for the fun of it. It’s an interesting bird to consider in light of what Jesus is teaching in this passage.

 

I’m thankful that I can rest in the knowledge that

[Tomorrow]can bring with it nothing
But He will bear us through;
Who gives the lilies clothing
Will clothe His people, too;
Beneath the spreading heavens,
No creature but is fed;
And He Who feeds the ravens
Will give His children bread.1 

Other thankful folk:

I’m inviting your participation, too. The instructions  are simple:
  • Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here, and I’ll included it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
  • Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in one of the thankful posts, or
  • You may post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog and send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post.
1 William Cowper,  Sometimes A Light Surprises, Olney Hymns
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