Hidden Places

Wow, Neil Strauss

See-Thru that was a fun read, but to get to the end and find it written by Neil Strauss "Style" the author of "The Game", if you dont know who he is, its quite a rabbit trail, and a interesting book.

Jesus used the tiny sparrow to illustrate our heavenly Father's watchful care: "you are of more value than many sparrows" (Matt. 10:31). If God is concerned about the tiny sparrow, how much greater must His concern be for man, who is immeasurably greater in value than the sparrow!
There is no place for worry in the life of a sparrow, and no attempt to stockpile supplies for the future -- yet their lives go on. The point Jesus is making is not that the birds do not work; it has been said that no one works harder than a sparrow to make a living; the point He is making is that they do not worry. Sparrows do not strain to see into a future, which they cannot see, and do not seek to find security in the things they have accumulated for the future.
Worry is needless, useless and even injurious (Matt. 6:25-32).

God Does Not Always Prevent Evil From Happening To Us

Though God does provide care for the sparrows, the fact that "not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will" (Matt. 10:29) means that sometimes bad things can happen. Although He watches over every one of us, this does not mean that our lives will be free from care.
God had placed a "hedge" around Job (Job 1:8-11), but allowed Satan to tempt Job (Job 1:12). In the midst of his trials he did not lose his trust in God (Job 1:21). In one of the most beautiful passages in the book of Job, we hear Job say of God, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (Job 13:15).
We can be assured that with every temptation there will also be a way of escape. "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it" (1 Cor. 10:13).

God's care for us will sustain us throughout life, for "we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose" (Rom. 8:28)

http://www.padfield.com/2001/sparrow.html

My first plan on surviving the Depression...

Kidnap chief, tuck him in my dark garage, and sell $2.00 admissions from the neighborhood kids to see him.

I'm calling him "The Defrosted Caveman".

I think it'll go over. Yep.