BIRDS
The clouds are my family.
When you cannot find me,
it is because my sisters
and brothers have called me.
We are singing circles of prayers about the earth...
~James McGrath (b.1928), "Bird," written in the 1970s, published in Dreaming Invisible Voices, 2009
Job 35:11
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the
birds of the air?'
Job 38:41
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Psalm 50:11
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
Psalm 104:27
All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
Psalm 104:28
When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
Psalm 147:9
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
Job 38:41
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Psalm 50:11
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
Psalm 104:27
All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
Psalm 104:28
When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
Psalm 147:9
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
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