A bird just crashed into our great-room window.
It was so loud, I got up to see what kind it might be.
Down on the rocks around my basement patio
lay the injured bird, on its back, still breathing,
but not able to get up and fly away.
On second look, it has turned over
and is laying perfectly still.
It’s a woodpecker.
My heart breaks as I consider this bird
that was living a minute ago,
but is now on the verge of death–
or has already died.
As I am saddened over this one woodpecker,
I can see more clearly
how God cares for all He has created,
how His eye truly is on the sparrow,
and how every thing created
points to His goodness and glory and grace.
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 NKJV
See: Matthew 6:25-34, 10:27-31
