stuck sparrow

I had an unexpected answer to prayer today that I thought I'd blog about. Just a little thing, but I thought I'd share. Those of you who know me know my love of animals. Yesterday we discovered a beautiful but terribly neglected pit bull next door who my mom and I are feeding and trying to take care of in the absence of an owner. We can give him water and food through the bars on the door to the small shack he's been left alone in. It breaks my heart to see him left there and uncared for, but this is all we can do. Today another little animal challenge came our way as I (or rather our dog Kanchi) discovered a small sparrow wedged in a tight space on our back balcony. I couldn't figure out how to get the poor frightened bird out without moving a huge piece of furniture, and even then I wasn't sure if I would squish the poor thing, and I wasn't sure how injured it was and if it was even worth it to try to get it out alive. But, I know that God sees sparrows fall and cares for them, so I prayed to that God and he answered me. I decided to get some long chopsticks and with the blunt ends I managed to pull the sparrow out and it flew under a cupboard where it was safe from the dog. I kept peeking in on it as I was feeding my kids lunch to see if it had any life left, and eventually, much to my joy, I looked under the cupboard and it was no longer there so I assumed it had flown out one of the windows I'd opened. As I was shutting one of the windows, the bird flew down from somewhere high on the balcony, brushed by me and flew out the open window across the road and to another apartment building (we're on the 7th floor). So, I was thankful that God helped the bird get out and that it could still fly and my dog didn't finish it off in the process!