Not Forgotten by God
Victor Hugo. Luke 12:6-7 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?… We talk about God's remembering us, as if it were a special effort, a laying hold by His great mind of something outside of Himself, which He determined to remember. But if we could only know how truly we belong to God it would be different. God's remembrance of us is the natural claiming of our life by Him as a true part of His own. When the spring comes, the oak-tree, with its thousands upon thousands of leaves, is alive all over. The great heart of the oak-tree remembers every remotest tip of every farthest branch, and sends to each the message and the power of new life. It is no harder work for the oak to feed and sustain and remember a million leaves than to feed and remember only one. The thrill of the common life is passed on, without effort, to each. Somewhat in this way we may think of God's remembrance of His millions of children. We may be no more than far-off leaves upon the great tree of His life. Bat we are remembered just as the heart remembers the finger-tips to which it sends the crimson blood. (Victor Hugo.) Parallel Verses KJV: Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? WEB: "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.