HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW INSIGHT 4TH WK JULY

INSIGHT 4TH WEEK OF JULY 2000

HIS EYE IS ON THE

SPARROW

THE STARLING

THE SPARROW

PAUL BUILT A LITTLE BIRD HOUSE FOR THE MARTINS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ..... HOPING THAT POSSIBLY IN THE SPRING THE MARTINS WOULD FIND THIS HOUSE ACCEPTABLE AND CALL IT HOME TWEET HOME.... BUT ALAS, TWAS NOT TO BE A PAIR OF LOWLY SPARROWS SETTLED THERE .... PAUL SAID : "OH, WELL... THEY NEED A HOME TOO." I SAID: "YES THEY DO, FOR THEY ARE PRECIOUS LITTLE BIRDS"... SO WE WATCHED AS THEY TOTED BITS OF MOSS AND GRASS... MAKING THEIR HOUSE A HOME. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER.... WE HEARD CHIRPS OF NEW LIFE..... PAUL SAID: "IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY WILL BE READY TO FLY"..... BUT TWAS NOT TO BE.... FOR A PAIR OF STARLINGS LIT UPON AN ELM BRANCH NEARBY, (HAVE YOU HEARD OF STARLINGS AND THEIR HABITS? IF YOU HAVE NOT, I'LL TELL YOU...... "THEY ARE HATEFUL BIRDS!" THEY LOOK LIKE BLACKBIRDS WITH SHORT TAILS) PAUL AND I WATCHED AS THEY ATTACKED THE SPARROW PAIR. PAUL FIRED THE SHOTGUN TO FRIGHTEN THEM AWAY..... WE THOUGHT THEY HAD LEFT, BUT THEY HAD NOT! WHILE MOWING THE NEXT DAY... I FOUND TWO BABY SPARROWS, ALMOST READY TO FLY, DEAD...... THEIR BODIES RIDDLED BY FIRE ANTS. THE STARLINGS HAD ROUSTED THE BABES FROM THEIR HOME..... I WAS OUTRAGED! I HATED THOSE STARLINGS! I WANTED TO KILL THEM... AS PAUL AND I SAT ON THE FRONT PORCH SWING THAT EVENING WE WATCHED THE NEW OCCUPANTS SETTLE IN. I TOLD PAUL "SHOOT THEM.... FOR THEY KILLED THOSE BABY SPARROWS." HE FIRED INTO THE AIR DELIBERATELY MISSING THE STARLINGS... I TOLD HIM...... "I WOULD NOT MISS ....... "

WE WATCHED AS THE STARLINGS SETTLED IN. I GUESS THEY USED THE LITTLE SPARROWS NEST, FOR BEFORE LONG WE HEARD CHICKS CHIRP. PAUL SAID, "WON'T BE LONG AND THEY'LL FLY", BUT WE WERE WRONG AGAIN..... FOR THAT VERY NIGHT A STORM AROSE........ WE AWOKE TO FIND THE BIRD HOUSE ON THE GROUND ..... UPON THE VERY SPOT THE DEAD SPARROWS HAD LAIN.... LAY TWO STARLING CHICKS...... DEAD...... COVERED WITH FIRE ANTS. WE LOOKED TOWARD THE ELECTRICAL LINE AND SAW A SPARROW AND A STARLING PERCHED SIDE BY SIDE......

I FELT TERRIBLE INSIDE FOR I WANTED DEATH FOR THOSE STARLINGS...... I WANTED REVENGE FOR THE SPARROW....; HOWEVER, REVENGE ALWAYS BELONGS TO GOD.... FOR AS HIS WORD INFORMS US : "REVENGE IS MINE SAITH THE

LORD"...

"YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW"

FOR WE ARE ALL ONE SPARROW OR STARLING