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Lesson 14: God Cares

One day Jesus and His friends were out where the flowers grew in the fields. There were birds, too, in the field. Jesus saw the flowers. He saw the birds, too.

But His friends did not notice them. They were thinking of other things. Some of the friends were fishermen. They were wondering whether they could catch enough fish to sell, and whether they would have money enough for all the things they needed.

Jesus saw their anxious, worried faces. He knew that they were unhappy and worried for fear they might not have enough money for food and clothes and other things. Jesus felt sorry for them.

He looked at the flowers in the field and thought of God’s care. He listened to the birds and thought of God.

“Do not be anxious and worried about what you shall have to eat and drink and wear,” He said. “Look at the birds of the air. They do not plant fields nor gather food into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. If God cares for them how much more will He care for you.”

Jesus’ friends began to think now of the birds which they had not thought about before. They began to listen to their happy songs. They watched some of the birds fly down to eat some seeds growing.

While His friends were beginning to think of God, Jesus said, “Look at the lilies of the field, how they grow; they do not work to make clothes, and yet I say unto you that not even the greatest king in his most gorgeous clothes was ever as beautiful as these.”

Then the friends began to look at the little field flowers. They noticed their beautiful colors there in the rich green grass. How much more beautiful they were than any piece of cloth could be. As they looked at the grass, they heard Jesus speak of that, too.

“If God so clothes the grass of the field, how much more shall He care for you,” Jesus was saying. “Your heavenly Father knows all the things you have need of,” He told them.

As the friends looked at the beautiful green grass, the wild flowers in the field, and listened to the happy birds, their worried anxious faces began to change. A happy light came into their eyes. They too, like Jesus, were thinking of the Father’s love and care.

Many times after that as they walked in the wonderful outdoors they looked at the grass, the flowers, the birds, and thanked God for the words of Jesus.

And ever since people have remembered what Jesus said about God’s care of the birds and flowers and have been happy and thankful.