And God Sent . . . Moths?

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Our Daily Bread Ministries

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

“AaaaAAAAHHHK!” my daughter shrieked. “DaaaaDDDYY! Get UP here!”

I knew what was wrong: a moth. Every spring, an armada of these dusty insects migrates from the plains of Nebraska to the mountains of Colorado, where they summer. Each year, we brace for their arrival. This year had been especially bad.

To humans, miller moths are unwanted pests that often fly right into your face. But to birds, well, it’s a feast. Doing a little research, I learned that the moths provide incredible nutrition for the region’s swallows. As annoying as they are, these moths are veritable moth “manna” for the birds.

I don’t know if Israel had moth migrations in Jesus’ day. But Jesus took note of God’s provision for the birds there, saying in the Sermon on the Mount, “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” (Matthew 6:26).

So these days, I look at moths differently. Not as dirty pests, but as winged reminders of God’s provision for His creation—and as a living metaphor for His provision for me, too. If God provides so richly for the swallows, how much more does He care for me and for you?

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0:00.0	Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them.
0:08.3	Matthew 6, verse 26.
0:12.5	Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread.
0:17.0	And God's scent, moths, was written by Adam R. Holes and read by Stephen Tabor.
0:24.9	Matthew chapter 6 verses 25 through 34.
0:29.8	Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body what you will wear.
0:39.5	Is not life more than food,
0:46.3	and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
0:53.1	Can any one of you, by worrying, add a single hour to your
0:56.7	life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or
1:03.5	spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
1:10.4	If that is how God clothes the grass of the
1:12.5	field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you,
1:18.6	you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, what shall we eat, or what shall we drink,
1:25.0	or what shall we wear? For the pagans run after all these things and your
1:29.8	heavenly father knows that you need them but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness
1:36.2	and all these things will be given to you as well therefore do not worry about tomorrow for
1:43.3	tomorrow will worry about itself.
1:46.1	Each day has enough trouble of its own.
1:51.8	And God sent, moths?
1:54.5	Written by Adam R. Holes.
1:57.9	Ah!
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