THIS curious little bird is called Sylvia Sutoria, which means Tailor Warbler, and lives in India.
It is a tiny creature, not much larger than a humming-bird, glittering with blue, purple, green and gold, not over three inches in length, and weighing about three ounces.
You have never seen the "Tailor Bird," not have I, but there is one bird I am going to speak about, and see if you can guess his name. Just when the sun is setting he comes into my garden to sing his evening song,
There is an air of confidence about him; in fact she has become noted everywhere for his confiding ways. He has been known to enter an open window, and pick crumbs from the table where people were sitting. No doubt, every child knows Robin Redbreast!, and not one of all the birds is a greater favorite.
His air of simple trust wins our admiration. Who does not like to be trusted? I am sure you do; nothing pleases you more than when father or mother trusts you to do something which perhaps you have never done before.
And don't you think the Lord Jesus likes to be trusted? Yes, indeed, and has He not asked you to put your trust in Him for the salvation of your precious soul, and then to trust Him for all your needs? Yes, He has, for His word is,
"Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matt. 11:2828Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28). And does He not say also,
O, that all would learn this!
Surely the Robin, (and all the birds) with his trustful ways and tuneful evening song, speaks to every little believer in the Lord Jesus of CONFIDENCE in his heavenly Father.
"How good is the God we adore,
Our faithful unchangeable Friend,
Whose love is as great as His power,
And knows neither measure nor end.
'Tis Jesus, the first and the last,
Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home,
We'll praise Him for all that is past,
And trust Him for all that's to come."
Messages of God’s Love 9/21/1930