Whispers of His Power – FEBRUARY 9

The joy of birds is one of the most wonderful things about them.  They seem to sing the moment they awake, even if they are wakened by cold wind and rain.  They sing before they set to work to find something to eat.  And not one forgotten by God who knows all the birds of the sky.

Not one of us is forgotten, either;  not one of overlooked.  Not a song we sing is forgotten or overlook. The God of the joy of the birds wants our joy too.

Some of us cannot sing beautiful songs.  Many birds cannot.  There is one who can only sing ‘Pretty dear’ another who only sings ‘Be quick’.  But not a bird says, ‘My song is too small to be worth singing.’  And He who loves the joy of birds listens.

Because He knows all the birds of the sky He would know if there was one who would not sing, and He would miss that song.  Is there one of us whose song He is missing today?

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These words are from ’Whispers of His Power’ a collection of writings that Amy Carmichael wrote for her ‘children’ and others associated with the Dohnavur Fellowship. and are Copyright © The Dohnavur Fellowship 1982

Unless otherwise stated, biblical quotations are from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible.

The following abbreviations are used to refer to other versions and sources:

BCP:               Book of Common Prayer, the Great Bible of Coverdale

Conybeare:       W. J. Conybeare, The Epistles of Paul (a translation)

Delitzsch:        F. Delitzsch, Notes on Job and the Psalms

Kay:                W. Kay, The Psalms (a translation)

LXX:              The Septuagint

Moffatt:           J. Moffatt, The New Testament: a new translation

Rotherham:      J. B. Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible Revised Version

RV:                 Revised Version

Way:              A. Way, The Letters of St Paul (a translation)

Westcott:        F. Westcott, Notes on the Gospel of St John

Weymouth:      R. F. Weymouth, The New Testament in Modern Speech

Young:            R. Young, A Literal Translation of the Bible

Verses of poetry without quotation marks were written by Amy Carmichael.