:::His Eye Is On The Sparrow:::

I feel distraught. This is one of those moments in life when I feel weak, when I feel I can't hold on any more... How can it be? when so often in the past I've been able to fully trust God and feel assured that He is in control and that nothing, no matter how tangled it may seem, is ever happening to cause me harm, but rather everything that He permits is with "plans to prosper me... plans to give me hope and a future." Sometimes these promises are more comforting under different circumstances. For some reason, even though I am entirely aware of God's power and of what the Almighty is capable of doing and/or undoing, I can't help but to allow my human nature to reflect my fears. I am scared, and God knows it. Maybe this is His way of trying to build, shape and transform my character. Maybe He wants to make me a little more stronger. Or perhaps, as a friend pointed out--and this wasn't necessarily what I wanted to hear-- Could it be that He has a greater plan for me? What if He is trying to take me out of this situation and into a better one? Whatever the case may be, I do trust He will figure something out for my life. I don't have the slightest clue of when that will be, but as of right now? It just seems very distant. Maybe I've become too attached to my job and have lost sight of the Giver and Provider of ALL. Maybe He wants to teach me to let go of the secondary things a little and that I re-focus on Him; reminding me that He still needs to be my life's priority... Either way, He just sent me some sort of comfort and hope through the words of this beautiful song by Selah: "His Eye Is On The Sparrow". I think He wants me to know/realize that if He even watches over a tiny bird which has less significance to Him than me, His child, the apple of His eye, why then should I be fearful and discouraged... I am relieved to once again know that G-O-D IS watching over me! 

"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.

I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.