Sparrow

To Black Youth: The Sparrow………..

There is a song in the Black Church about keeping your eyes on the Sparrow. I have noticed that the Sparrow is a very small bird.  Small in stature and light in weight—The Sparrow is agile, smart, compact and able to fly very quickly.  They are also very accurate in choosing their flight path and Pattern.  They are very sweet little birds with a very common name and a very common look.  But don’t under calculate, misrepresent or underestimate the Sparrow.  They are not nearly as bold and noble {we think} as their large cousins—The Eagle or the hawk.  But the Sparrow is able to get around and see what we as Black People are doing.  Maybe they carry the eyes of GOD on their backs and warn us when there is danger, or, more importantly, tell us when to celebrate, laugh, play and LOVe each other in the proper Ways we should.  A Black Man or a Black Woman can take encouragement from this simple bird if we watch it eat food and go about it’s daily business.  We should never forget the Sparrow and its’ commonness—when we see it, we see ourselves.   If we become rich and able to help others we should come back to our black communities and help our people like a Mother or Father Sparrow feeding its’ young. Onward…

 

From Brother Tracy Gibson…