A Prayer about Being the Baby Bird
Creator of All Good Things,
Thank you for giving me a close-up view of a cardinal couple
building a nest, incubating the eggs,
and hatching two little baby birds over the past few weeks.
One day I snuck a picture of the baby birds,
mouths wide open,
cheeping away as they awaited their morning feast of juicy insects.
Lord, remind us of how much we are like baby birds,
utterly dependent on you for our nourishment of grace.
You are the God who dropped manna from the sky
to feed your people in the wilderness (Exodus 16:4).
You are the Jesus who broke the bread
and shared it with his disciples, saying,
“Take, eat; this is my body” (Matthew 26:26).
You are the Spirit who grows us
through the Word and prayer.
One day the baby birds will grow stronger,
take wing, and fly.
We too will grow stronger,
but unlike the birds,
we will never outgrow
our complete dependence on you
and our need for the nourishment of your grace.
Gratefully we pray,
In Jesus’ life-giving name. Amen.
Read Matthew 26:26-29; Deuteronomy 8:1-10; Hebrews 4:12.
![Dear Friends,
This began as a personal prayer, but I invite you to insert your own gratitude for God making you a saint.
All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you. Psalm 145:10
Author God,
You and I both know that in the world’s sense of the word,
I am no saint.
And yet, on this All Saints’ Day,
as I celebrate 60 years of being in the world,
I stand in awe of “your abundant goodness,”
in choosing me to be one of your saints in Christ (Romans 1:7).
Not only did you place me in a Christian school
where I would hear the good news of the gospel and begin studying the Bible,
[name some of the specific ways God has shown you the good news of the gospel]
but you surrounded me with “a great cloud of witnesses,”
wonderful saints, ordinary people redeemed in Christ,
who were living stories that led me to see my need and desire for a Savior.
[Name some of the saints who have shown you redemption in Christ.]
Not only did you draw me to Christ,
literally raise me from spiritual death,
but you have continued to write your story of “steadfast love,”
showing me day after day
that your “mercy is over all that you have made” (Psalm 145:9).
[Name some of the ways he has written his story of “steadfast love” and “mercy” into your life.]
How grateful I am/we are
that you have called us to be your “saints in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 1:1).
In Jesus’ holy name. Amen.
Read Psalm 145.
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