{"id":57441,"date":"2019-01-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2019x101x1consider-the-sparrow\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T17:59:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:59:54","slug":"consider-the-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2019\/01\/consider-the-sparrow.html","title":{"rendered":"Consider the Sparrow- How Watching the Birds Eases My Anxiety – Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019ve been watching my social media this week- you\u2019ve seen the endless amounts of squirrel photos I\u2019ve been posting. We\u2019ve been snowed in twice, so I just started throwing bird seed on our back deck. And to my son\u2019s and my delight- we\u2019ve watched the birds and squirrels come in hoards to eat on these frigid, snowy days.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve spent countless hours laughing at the squirrels\u2019 shenanigans and made identifying the birds into a homeschool activity. Watching our little back yard zoo has made the long, cold days go by a little faster and brought us joy during a dreary season.<\/p>\n

As I was sipping my coffee and watching the birds fly down to eat- one of my favorite verses came to me.<\/p>\n

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Look at the birds of the air<\/em>; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable?<\/p>\n

Matthew 6:26<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I watched the beautiful cardinals and my son\u2019s favorite, blue jays, as they took turns pecking at the seeds. And I thought how beautiful! God cares for them. They\u2019re not afraid. They know they\u2019ll be provided for. They\u2019re not worrying where their next meal will come from- they just know it will be there.<\/p>\n

I so wish I could be more like that! That I didn\u2019t stress about the future or worry about insignificant details. I pray I have faith to know that He will provide the things that I need!<\/p>\n

This week my prayer is that I am more like the sparrow.<\/h4>\n

If you\u2019re anxious or worried, or just tired. Remember that he cares for us. The lilies of the field. The birds of the air. Every living thing that He has created. Then those verses are followed by one of my very favorites. The one I turn to when my anxiety is bearing down on my soul:<\/p>\n

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Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What good comes from our worry? NONE. We can\u2019t add any time to our existence by worrying- so why do we do it?<\/p>\n

I wish I could answer that. My anxieties sometimes stem from nothing at all. I know I have triggers and I\u2019m working on it. I\u2019m praying every day about it. And I am noticing a difference in how I feel!<\/p>\n

So, now I have another tool in easing my anxiety and stress. Watching God\u2019s creatures as they just go about their daily lives- because they\u2019re a reminder of His love for me.<\/p>\n

What are some ways you ease your anxiety and fear?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now I have another tool in easing my anxiety and stress. Watching God’s creatures as they just go about their daily lives..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety","category-thoughts","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}