No one forces people to believe.
“If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”
Mark 4:23 NIV
Sunset Birdie
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Looking Up
“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:41 NKJV
Willing Vessel
Some do look quite odd to outsiders…
“Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.”
Matthew 10:16 BSB
Broken Wing
Sometimes, a bird gets caught in a trap.
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
Hebrews 12:11 NIV
Mockers & Scoffers
“The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to humanity.”
Proverbs 24:9 NASB
Rain
“Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.”
Isaiah 45:8 BSB
Autumn Flower
“For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.”
Galatians 5:13 NASB
The Orchard
We all long for good fruit.
“So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.”
1 Corinthians 3:7-8 BSB
Innocence
The spirit of the age hates children.
“Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me, and whoever welcomes Me welcomes not only Me, but the One who sent Me.”
Mark 9:37 BSB
Red Light
If you run a stop light, there’s always a penalty.
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”
Proverbs 16:25 BSB