A Sparrow

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Aug 23, 2025 · 4m

READ: PSALMS 84:3; 139:1-18; MATTHEW 10:29-31; LUKE 12:6-7 I love bird watching. Birds are amazing creatures, and their design showcases God’s ingenuity and creative power. In my yard I see mostly sparrows, not the most exotic of the bird kind, yet as I watch them many truths reverberate in me. The sparrow is a common bird, found on nearly every continent, yet it is mentioned in the Bible on more than one occasion. In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, for example, we read that Jesus mentioned sparrows. They were a small, common, and cheap bird. One copper coin (which would be less than a…