「啊……爸爸快過來！」我的女兒放聲尖叫。我知道發生什麼事：有一隻飛蛾嚇到她了。每年春天，一大群布滿灰塵的飛蛾會從別處遷徙到科羅拉多州的山區，度過夏天。因此，對於牠們的到來，我們每年都會嚴陣以待，而今年的情況特別嚴重。

對人類而言，飛蛾是令人厭煩的害蟲，牠們經常朝你迎面飛來。但對鳥類而言，這卻是一場盛宴。查找一些資料後，我發現這些飛蛾是當地燕子的絕佳營養品。儘管這些飛蛾令人厭煩，但對鳥類來說卻是「嗎哪」。

我不知道在耶穌時代的以色列地區是否有飛蛾遷徙，但耶穌注意到上帝對飛鳥的供應，就如耶穌在登山寶訓中提到：「你們看那天上的飛鳥，也不種也不收，也不積蓄在倉裡，你們的天父尚且養活牠，你們不比飛鳥貴重得多嗎？」（馬太福音6章26節）

因此，最近我對飛蛾有了不同的看法。牠們不再是骯髒的害蟲，而是成為一種提醒，讓我思考上帝對受造物的供應，這活生生的例子也表明祂會供應我。若上帝如此豐富地供應燕子，祂豈不更加看顧你和我嗎？

“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 “manna” for the birds.

I don’t know if Israel had moth migrations in Jesus’ day. But Christ 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?