I walked up to work one morning this week and gazed in awe at trees and bushes glistening white with frost. In one place I noticed a holly tree covered in red berries and then watched some birds greedily tucking in to some juicy bright orange berries on a frosty bush. I thought about the verse where Jesus encourages us not to worry about anything, but to trust in our loving Father's provision.
Luke 12:24,

"Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!"

I liked the sound of being valuable to God and being cared for by Him. I wondered if our Father in heaven made the berries such a bright colour so that it would be easy for the birds to find the food that He had provided for them on that frosty morning, when they must have needed lots of energy to stay warm.

I drew this sparrow after I heard two lots of rather sad news. As I drew it in pastel, I thought about another thing that Jesus said about sparrows in Mathew 10: 29-30, and just how much our Father in heaven is loving every single one of us all the time; every moment of every day, whether we know it or not.

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered."

He even knows how many hairs I have on my head; even I don't know that. What an an incredible thought that he knows me so well.