A Short Story
I can remember my mother telling me a hummingbird story. She loved to
be on the screened-in back porch of our home. From there you could see
the back of the yard and the hard work dad put in.
There were flower gardens and two nice size cherry trees. Mom loved to
watch the many birds and critters that came to visit.
One Day as she was out on the porch, most likely resting from housework
(she was a hard worker and good at it too), she was standing by the
screen door and saw a hummingbird flying about the flowers.
She said a little prayer asking God if she could see the bird. God
answered her small request. The hummingbird flew to the screen door in
front of my mother's face. I remember her saying she had never seen
anything like this before.
Mom had a chance to look at the bird's small body as it fluttered in
front of her. She could hear the buzzing of the wings. After a few
moments of looking at each other the hummingbird flew off.
A Description
The hummingbird is a tiny bird ranging from the length of an adult's
little finger to the width of a regular sheet of paper depending on
which of the 300 species it belongs too. The hummingbird can be found
in North and South America with only 9 species in North America.
Hummingbirds are big eaters.
In the article, The humming bird—God's tiny miracle, Denis Dreves gives
the human equivalent in the amount of food this little birds eat. The
equivalent is 1300 hamburgers a day with 60 liters of water. The water
is mainly used to cool down the hummingbird.
Why do hummingbirds need to eat so much? Because they are active birds
flying at speeds up to 55 miles per hour (90 km an hour). Their wings
beat 50-80 times a second.
Do Not Worry
In Matthew 6, Jesus talks about trusting in God for all your
provisions. Take a look at the amazing hummingbirds and remember that
it is God who feeds and shelters them. If God has done this for them
how much more will he do it for his children?
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your
life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body,
what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more
than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you
not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add
a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about
clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, 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. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which
today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much
more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?'
or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles
seek after all these things, and 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 added to you.
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"Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be
anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew
6:25-34 ESV
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First Published on http://www.GodCreatedThat.com
The Hummingbird by Steven Dickinson (aka Rock Slatestone)
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