At the end of December our lives will be changing. For the past three years, my husband has been working two half-time jobs. When the flight department he had built up and been a part of for 20 years shrank down to just Reed and one pilot, we were worried we would have to move out of Kalispell for him to find work. So the solution of working part time for two employers not only allowed us to stay in Kalispell, but he actually earned more money than he had previously. But it was not an ideal situation, our lives were now subject to two flight schedules instead of one. Reed had been director of maintenance for his previous employer for many years; at his new job he had a boss--a boss with a very different style than Reed.
We have been praying about the situation for months. Now that the flying has slowed down at the second job, he is no longer needed. At the end of the year, he will be done. We can live on just one income, but really need to save as much as possible in these few years before retirement. So things are changing and change is scary, but God is sovereign. Just in case I had forgotten that, the day after we got the news, God gave me an object lesson in a flock of birds sheltering in our back yard.
Taking Care
It is not the dead of
winter,
it is early November
barely the beginning,
but the ground is
covered with snow
the grass and seeds
are buried.
Who will take care of
the birds?
From the warmth of my
home, I watch
dozens of them, in my
yard, feasting,
well supplied with
berries
and an abundance of
apples
still on the tree.
More than we would
ever need.
God has taken care of
the birds.
When it is the dead
of winter
and the new year has
begun,
My husband will lose
one of his jobs—
a source of
frustration, but still income.
Who will take care of
us then?
The generous One who
supplied
an abundance of
berries and apples.
The very same God
gives
more than we will
ever need.
He takes care of the
birds,
and the Earth,
and the vast universe
and the Lambs.
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