I was looking for all the words to this song that I wrote over a year ago, and was surprised to find that I'd never posted it here. It's one I like a lot, though I don't have much to say about it.
Sparrows have been very comforting to me since the time that I wrote a song proclaiming that even though I'm not important in terms of this world, "I know a God who cares about sparrows." This song began as I thought about Psalm 84:3 (NIV) "Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young--a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God." And of course, if I'm going to think about sparrows, it seems inevitable that I will think about what Jesus said, in Matthew 10:29-31 (NIV), "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. "
Temple Sparrows
At Jerusalem's temple, near the altar that was blessed
The swallows and the sparrows built their tiny nests.
In the place that was sacred they would all fly around
Knowing their babies would be safe on holy ground.
Like a sparrow in the temple
Let me fly in Your love
Let Your Spirit take me higher
To Your throne room above.
In the presence of my Savior
Let me settle and rest.
Secure in the knowledge that
I'm loved and I am blessed.
In the markets of Galilee and of Jerusalem
They sold two birds for a penny
People came for them.
And Jesus said his Father cared for every bird that fell.
So we can be confident that He cares for us as well.
Like a sparrow in the temple
Let me fly in Your love
Let Your Spirit take me higher
To Your throne room above.
In the presence of my Savior
Let me settle and rest
Secure in the knowledge that
I'm loved and I am blessed.
Like a sparrow in the temple
Let us fly in Your love
May Your Spirit take us higher
To Your throne room above
In the presence of our Savior
Let us settle and rest
Secure in the knowledge
We are loved and we are blessed.