Yesterday evening, more thunder, and some heavyish rain. This morning, more of the standard kind of rain, modest, moderate, the sky generally cloudy and no flashes and bangs.
And from the Lectionary…
“10:28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
10:30 And even the hairs of your head are all counted.
10:31 So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.” (Matthew’s gospel)
The ‘do not be afraid’ is in the context of expected persecution (or ongoing persecution for the original readers maybe). And the sparrows… I’ve seen enough wildlife documentaries take a dark turn, to know that sparrow life is quite hazardous. The point (it seems to me) is not that bad stuff won’t happen, but that in all this stuff, the Father is still with the sparrows/us.