March 26th, 2021: As the Birds: a Poem

As the Birds

By

M Ray Holloway Jr

It is such a strange thing as things go in this life

That a Christian should ever despair,

For as one who is claimed by God’s infinite Son,

Life should be so much simpler to bear.

It’s just that we can’t get our eyes off this world,

And before long its standards imply

That to live with a faith in someone we can’t see

Is to live with a faith in a lie,

But a bird isn’t taught how to soar in the sky,

And if it, too, would keep looking down,

It would spend all its life in the grass looking odd,

Since it never took off from the ground,

But a bird looks to Heaven and ever keeps looking

To the trees and the skies and the sun.

With a push from its mother and a gift from our Father

The birds and the skies become one.

God knows we are wary, but so is the sparrow

Who looks to the wind with a shake,

But He knows in His wisdom the sparrow must fly,

And we too have our winds we must take,

So He built a foundation beginning with Christ

That is woven in wishes and prayers

Of our brethren in Him who uplift and encourage

And successfully chase our despairs.

Christian, know that God loves you, and look to the skies,

For this world does not know how to live,

For if faith in the Unseen can make a bird fly,

How much more to a man does He give?