Dard-eyed Junco Chicks
Watching these Dark-eyed Junco chicks grow under their mother’s watchful eye was a real pleasure. It made me reflect on my childhood and these words of Jesus regarding our needed disposition toward God.
As a child I was fortunate as I had very loving parents. I was convinced of the total and unconditional love of both mom and dad. I had complete and total faith that mom and dad would provide all I needed, perhaps not all I wanted, but definitely all I needed. A child’s faith may be limitless but as we grow older, and the experiences of life don’t always seem to go our way, we often become skeptical and loose that childlike trust. We begin to worry.
Our heavenly Father, desires us to have childlike trust in him, knowing that he will provide all that we need, perhaps not all that we desire, but all that we need (see Matthew 6:25-34).
A series of pictures of these Dark-eyed Juncos growing up is available on our website at Nature Education Briefs — A Nature Walk with God.