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Hello, I'm Dr. Beau Abernathy and I would like to talk with you today about gulls and gratitude."Do not worry about your life and what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. 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." Matthew 6 25 to 26. Here's a Gull's secret told in two waves. The shore at sunset. Picture a weather beaten pier on Florida's coast. Golden sky melting into indigo Sea. An old man shuffles out each Friday evening, a bucket of shrimp swinging at his side. He is stooped. Silver-haired, nearly forgotten by the world, but not by the seagulls. They arrive in swirling white applause. He toss a shrimp heaven word, one word on his lips. Thanks. There is no show, no sponsors, just gratitude on a splintered peer to every outsider. It seems wasteful to the old man. He's worshiping God while he feeds the gus. Wave two, the raft in 1942. That old man was Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, America's Flying Ace in 1942. A B 17 crash left him and seven crew mates adrift in the Pacific, famished and forgotten. On day eight, after days of praying for a miracle, a single seagull landed on Eddie's cap. No shore had been cited for days. He caught it, shared the meat, used the innards for bait, and every man survived. So each Friday for the rest of his life, he honored that miracle feeding seagulls that never knew how God once fed him with a seagull. Four reasons. Jesus says, do not worry. Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. 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. Worry is unreasonable. If God can route a lone gull over trackless seas, he can guide provision to you. Number two, worry is unnatural. Birds glide on unseen thermals of trust. We were designed for the same ease. Number three, worry is unhelpful. Anxiety adds no hours to life, but gratitude multiplies meaning within each hour. And number four, worry is unnecessary. A Father who fed sailors on a raft and gulls on a pier will surely feed his children today. Remember God's promise of Philippians four 19. I am convinced that my God will fully satisfy every need you have for I have seen the abundant riches of glory revealed to me through the anointed one. Jesus Christ. Here's a prayer to anchor your heart. Father of every feather and every soul, thank you for rescuing us, whether from ocean storms or daily stresses, teach us the peer lesson. Gratitude over worry, trust over toil. Today we scatter our fears like shrimp upon the waves, confident that you'll meet every need in Jesus' name. This is Beau, hoping that you are rejoicing on the victory side.