Family and Friends,

No one is insignificant.

Even when in a crowd, you are precious to the Lord.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,

saith the LORD,

thoughts of peace,

and not of evil,

to give you an expected end.

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Matthew 6:26

Behold the fowls of the air:

for they sow not,

neither do they reap,

nor gather into barns;

yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.

 Are ye not much better than they?

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Matthew 6:26

 Look 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?

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Matthew 12:12

How much then is a man better than a sheep?

Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

* Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

 

The God of the universe-

the One who created everything and holds it all in His hand-

created each of us in His image, to bear His likeness, His imprint.  

It is only when Christ dwells within our hearts,

radiating the pure light of His love through our humanity,

that we discover who we are and what we were intended to be.  

There is no other joy that reaches as deep or as wide or as high-

there is no other joy that is more complete.

~W. Moore

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Said the robin to the sparrow, “I should really like to know
Why these anxious human beings rush about and worry so.”

Said the sparrow to the robin, “Friend, I think that it must be
That they have no Heavenly Father, such as cares for you and me.”

–by Elizabeth Cheney (Matthew 6:26)

 

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