I snapped this shot of these swallow houses made from gourds at the Mountain Farm on the North Carolina side of the Smoky Mountain National Park several years ago. It reminds me that everyone needs privacy and community.

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? — Matthew 6:26

Believing what Jesus said about life and God isn’t always easy. Here’s something I wrote about that. And here’s something I wrote about the difference between faith and wishing.