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Pastor Sam and Abby
Greetings friends!
Pastor Sam here, I pray everyone is enjoying the summer season and keeping cool in these hot times. As the warmer weather keeps coming, I hope we can continue to experience the fun and beauty that comes with this season.
It is a joy each and every year to see the fields and town itself flourish through summertime sunshine and rain showers. Witnessing the great growth that the world and town experience during this season is a constant reminder of God's provision even in the midst of the interesting times that we live in. As both locals and tourists alike attempt to enjoy the grand beauty on display in and around Chesapeake City my mind is drawn to the words of Jesus from Matthew 6: 26-27 “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”
While many people spend the summer months relaxing with vacations and family get-togethers, we are reminded of the fact that life itself does not stop. The struggles and hardships, the confusions and challenges, the fears and worries often remain. Perhaps summer even adds to these, with the very vacations and get-togethers we hoped to be highlights turn into worries in of themselves. How often do we forget these words of Jesus who counsels us against such worries in all seasons of life?
Far more than just a metaphor, Jesus draws on the image of the birds of the air to remind us of God's presence and provision in our own lives. When united to His way and purpose things might not be easy but they will be possible. God seeks for us to engage in the world in such a way that all needs are meant and all that ought to be done is done. For both our lives as individuals, families, and communities of faith we are not called to worry but instead to trust and live in the presence of God who seeks to provide for all His children and all of creation. In days and seasons of struggle it's so easy to forget God's presence with us and provision for us. Over the course of summer so far one habit that I've picked up, ironically enough, is bird watching. Every day I let the beauty of God's creation, the birds of the air and trees they nest in, be a reminder of his promises and purpose for our lives. I encourage us all to spend these summer months enjoying the fun of the season with friends and family, but more importantly to turn away from the temptation to worry and
trust in the God whose presence and provision we are all called to be apart of.
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Sam Mitchell