The Lord God Made Them All

This is my working synopsis of the sermon for this coming Sabbath, June 2, 2018.

My texts: Deuteronomy 22:1-4, 6. Matthew 10:29-31; 12:9-14

One morning while camped at a provincial park on Vancouver Island, I found a hummingbird inside our car. Apparently it had flown in through an open window but been unable to find its way out. By the time I found it, the bird was desperately weak and unable to fly. We hailed a passing park ranger. The ranger provided some sugar water which the hummingbird eagerly drank. Still the bird was too weak to fly. So a volunteer from a local animal rescue organization came to fetch the bird and transport it to a shelter where it would be nursed back to health and released. It was a wonderful tale of rescue and redemption—this network of humans cooperating to extend the life of a bird that weighed less than my car keys. We would know, even if Jesus had not said it, that people are even more precious than birds. And our networks of care become the fingers of God.