"Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows." (Luke.12:7)

"Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows."     
(Luke.12:7)
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My friend was looking dull.

"What happened to you? Looking so dull?"

"How else can I be? Life is full worries."

"Life full of worries? Do you know the definition of worry?"

" Do you mean to say that I will be free from  worry if I know its definition?"

"Surely. 'Worry' is 'meaningless fear'."

" Meaningless fear?"

"Yes."

"But fear has a meaning, look into the Dictionary."

"Suppose you are taking your child somewhere seating him on your hip, and the child fears you may drop him down..."

" I dropping my child? His fear is meaningless. How will a father drop his child down."

" Correct. So all your worries are meaningless fears."

" My child's fear is meaningless because I am his father and he is in my hands. How can my...."

"You say your life is full of worries. But all your worries are meaningless fears."

" But.."

" Stop your 'buts'. Hope you have not forgotten our Heavenly Father in whose hands we are.

All our fears are meaningless.

Have you forgotten Our Lord's words,

'Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?

And not one of them is forgotten before God.

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.' "

Many people are like my friend.

They do not know who they are.

If we really know who we are there won't be even a shadow of worry in our life.

We are children of God, our Heavenly Father, full of love for us.

He did not create us just for pastime.

Do we bring forth children out of love or as a hobby?

God loves us from all eternity and His unlimited love brought us into this world, to love and to be loved.

We are in the hands of our Heavenly Father and we are always safe.

He takes loving care of us all our life by His Providence.

If we fear that something unwanted may happen in our life, it only means that our Faith is weak.

He takes care of all His creation.

We, human beings, often forget things that should be remembered.

One day I asked my friend, "What is your son doing?"

"Studying."

"Where?"

"College."

"Which college?"

''Some college. Its name is very long. I don't remember."

"Subject?"

"That I don't know. He chose the subject. He only knows.''

There are many human fathers who do not know what their children are doing.

But our Heavenly Father knows us through and through.

Jesus says, "Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered."

Do we know how many hairs we have on our head?

But our Heavenly Father knows.

He knows every minute detail about us.

He knows all our needs.

He knows how and when to satisfy them.

If He satisfies the needs of a small sparrow, will He not satisfy ours?

Are we not His loving children?

So we need not worry about the problems of our life.

Let us have trust in God.

He created us and placed us in this world, not for everlasting life here,   but for preparing us for everlasting life in heaven.

In the process of preparing us for the next world,

we are in the hands of God,

just as  gold is in the hands of the Goldsmith  in the process of becoming a jewel,

as is cloth is with the tailor in the process of becoming a dress

and as is an agricultural land under a farmer's care in the process yielding harvest.

We may meet with sufferings.

The gold in the Goldsmith's hands is first heated and melted.

The cloth in the tailor's hands is first torn before being stitched.

The land is first ploughed before the seeds are sown.

In the same way suffering is essential in the process our being saved from sin.

Do we meet with problems?

We need not worry, because God allows problems together with solutions.

We must fully surrender ourselves to His care.

He knows what to do for us and will do it at the correct time.

Whatever He does in our life is done only for our good.

He  does everything to prepare us for our life in the next world.

We must do only one thing: love Him and carry out His will.

Lourdu Selvam.