Feed the Birds!

Remember the song Mary Poppins sang to the Banks children at bedtime?

Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's The little old bird woman comes
In her own special way to the people she call, "Come, buy my bags full of crumbs
Come feed the little birds, Show them you care
And you'll be glad if you do
Their young ones are hungry Their nests are so bare
All it takes is tuppence from you
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag
Feed the birds," that's what she cries
While overhead, her birds fill the skies
All around the cathedral the saints and apostles
Look down as she sells her wares
Although you can't see it, You know they are smiling
Each time someone shows that he cares
Though her words are simple and few
Listen, listen, she's calling to you
"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag"
Though her words are simple and few
Listen, listen, she's calling to you "Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag"

Then there was the pigeon lady in Home Alone II. I saw someone like her in Flushing last week. Lucy and I were heading to the Chinese Store to get something to bring upstate and there was a guy with all kinds of rock doves (the proper name for pigeons) all around him as he fed them. Lucy said, "He is always there feeding the birds in that little park."

I can relate to these folks because I have enjoyed feeding our little feathery friends. Nana used to throw stale bread to them. My folks are avid feeders. When Emma is over she loves to help Poppa fill the feeders. One time I helped a friend pick out a feeder and feed as his wife wanted to join in the fun.

Jesus had some things to say about the birds and life.

As much as we enjoy feeding them and watching them, if we didn't they still would be taken care of. There is a great message for you and I here.

Matthew 6:25-27 (New International Version)

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Don't worry!
Relax!
God is in Control!