Life at the Feeder III

Starting to get a little traffic at the new feeder now.

Something that I'm always curious about - & this may sound silly - is how animals get by in the winter, when it's freezing or raining & food & shelter are scarce. Though keenly aware of its fragility, I'm always taken a bit back by the tenacity of life; perhaps another way of saying: by how the Father takes care of us depite our fragility.

Jesus spoke of as much in his sermon on the mount...

"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 than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? ...

"So do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?' or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?' All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.” Matthew 6:25-34 NAB

Interestng that in maintaing the feeders, I become an instrument of God to help him in this task of taking care of these creatures (yes, even the chipmonks). Maybe that's why we all like gardens, fish tanks, hamster cages (esp. with the big wheel!), & bird feeders - it gives us a taste of what things were like in the beginning. Man as the steward of creation. Just a thought.