**I FINALLY have pics up in the "Photos" section of the trip to Florida and also Des Moines.

Today I was struck by something as I sat here in my parent's kitchen working on some stuff online and looking out the window at the sparrows on the bird feeder. These little guys have no shame. They want food, they come to our house, they enjoy the birdfeeder to the full. Literally...I have to refill the thing about every other day...and there is one little guy that manages to get inside of it and eat, rather than eating from the outside like the rest of them. Shameless sparrows. They make me laugh.

In all the places I have been in this world, I have found that sparrows are everywhere. Other birds, I don't see in other places, such as the cardinal or goldfinch. But sparrows...they are everywhere. Kind of cool considering that was the bird that Jesus used when He spoke of not worrying about tomorrow. That's just a sidenote.

But these birds, they really don't worry about tomorrow...they simply show up at our house and eat as much as they like...they don't store anything away (believe me, sometimes I wonder how they can even manage to fly when they are done!)...they make the most of the food given them. And isn't that really what we are supposed to do with Jesus? I mean, aren't we just supposed to fill up on what He has given us? I'm talking primarily of His love for us...He showers it on us...and we just have to accept it...like these sparrows. I mean, can you imagine a sparrow saying to another sparrow, "I see that food, but I don't know if it's really for me, so I'll just stay here and starve." No way, they just go for it and soak it in. I love that...I want more of that in my own life!