RAVENS: BAD NEWS, GOOD NEWS
For the poet Edgar Allen Poe, the raven was bad news. Having lost his beloved Lenore, Poe lets the raven be, as he says "emblematical of mournful and never-ending remembrance."
But ravens stand also for good news. During the great famine, God sent the ravens to feed the prophet Elijah. This was god news then, and it is good news now, for us. We know that God cares for us.
Through the ravens, God fed Elijah; but who feeds the ravens? The psalmist answers, "GOD" provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call. Ps. 147:9
Jesus said, "Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn: yet God feeds them Luke 12:24 Doesn't God do the same for us?
The Son of God became man - a poor, homeless man who had less than the birds with their nests. We know the reasons why He became poor: "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might becaome rich" 2 Cor. 8:9 In Christ we are rich in forgivness and eternal life.
Lord we know you are aware of our every need. Please give us the faith that will enable us to rely souly upon you with the needs we have. Your way, your will, your time...... Amen
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