Consider the birds of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Matthew 10 : 29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
Matthew 6 : 28/29
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
One spring day, when I was working as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State University, I sat in my third floor office next to an open window. It was the magic hour, the pause as day dwindles and the twilight looms. A cool breeze carried the scent of the magnolias in bloom, just across the sidewalk below.
A little sparrow flew from the tree and perched on the window sill, not three feet from me. As he groomed his feathers, I wondered at his fearlessness. As I looked closer, I realized that his eye, the one on the side of his head facing me, had been obliterated by some mishap. I watched for some moments, moving even closer. He finally stopped grooming, took a few hops, and turned my way. He looked straight at me with his one good eye, not flying away immediately, considering me as I considered him.
But sensible discretion bloomed in his tiny mind. He turned away, paused, took one look back at me. Then he launched himself into the approaching dusk, probably to roost in the magnolia tree.
To me, the way this is drawn shows Francis alone feeling very small among the enormity of his surroundings (and responsibilities), and then realizing that even creatures smaller than him have a role. So he returns to his duties.
finkd over 5 years ago
A little birdie told him.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Matthew 6 : 26
Consider the birds of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Matthew 10 : 29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
Matthew 6 : 28/29
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 5 years ago
One spring day, when I was working as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State University, I sat in my third floor office next to an open window. It was the magic hour, the pause as day dwindles and the twilight looms. A cool breeze carried the scent of the magnolias in bloom, just across the sidewalk below.
A little sparrow flew from the tree and perched on the window sill, not three feet from me. As he groomed his feathers, I wondered at his fearlessness. As I looked closer, I realized that his eye, the one on the side of his head facing me, had been obliterated by some mishap. I watched for some moments, moving even closer. He finally stopped grooming, took a few hops, and turned my way. He looked straight at me with his one good eye, not flying away immediately, considering me as I considered him.
But sensible discretion bloomed in his tiny mind. He turned away, paused, took one look back at me. Then he launched himself into the approaching dusk, probably to roost in the magnolia tree.
ACK! Premium Member over 5 years ago
Perhaps channeling his namesake? I note also the bird is brown, the color of the Franciscan order’s habits.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member over 5 years ago
To me, the way this is drawn shows Francis alone feeling very small among the enormity of his surroundings (and responsibilities), and then realizing that even creatures smaller than him have a role. So he returns to his duties.
dglmel over 5 years ago
Some times even a Pontif needs expert advice.
JohnDanahy over 5 years ago
Wasn’t this depiction how this wonderful strip started?
craigwestlake over 5 years ago
It’s not always doves that bring a message of peace…
John W. Vinson Premium Member over 5 years ago
Give thanks to the Holy Spirit, who comes to us in unexpected forms.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 5 years ago
Nature is balance. Humans have the capacity to ignore Nature and its balance.