His eye is on the sparrow,



And I know He watches me.

I thought of these lyrics by Civilla Martin (1905) this week and the verses that they are derived from. I am so thankful for the way that my heavenly Father watches over me. Though I am sure there are millions of ways in which He protects that my physical eyes never see, every now and then I get a visual demonstration of His hand on me. On Monday a semi truck ran a red light and by the grace of God I saw it out of the corner of my eye. I was able to hit the gas and jump ahead while the person behind me slammed on the breaks and skidded to the side so the truck went between us. It was just another thing to be thankful for in a very long list of blessings poured out on my life.

It also started me thinking and reminded me that God really does take note of the details of my life and that when the hard things comes, that He is not unaware. The things that He chooses to allow to pass through His hand into my life are not without reason or purpose. This morning I was reading in 2 Corinthians 4. Verses sixteen through eighteen say "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an external glory that far outweighs them all. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

I might not ever see the reason for the struggles I face with physical eyes, yet God is watching and more than that, He is filtering the details of life. He protects, guides, blesses and sometimes also allows situations to touch my life for purposes beyond my understanding. So I am thankful for the protection. I look for His guidance and I welcome His blessings. But I also accept the struggles that I find myself in because they too have a purpose. In the end, I pray that through the trials of life I will be molded into His image for His glory.