His Eye Is On the Sparrow

This morning I left for work begrudgingly. I was so discouraged after yesterday. I had two meetings today, so my work day was cut short, and I have so much to cram into the time I am at work. So I was not looking forward to leaving.

It was about to storm, the big, black clouds rolling in. Of course, the drops started before I even got to the car, all over my files and my hair.

And I got in the car, and started out the driveway. I was stunned to see two glorious rainbows. They filled up the sky. You could see from one end to the other, two concentric bows of brilliant color.

I called the house from the car (It was raining! I wasn't going to brave the rain, even for a few steps!). L answered, and before I could tell him, he said, "Mom! Look out the window! Do you see the rainbows??!! Aren't they beautiful?"

Of course they were. And I knew they were a sign to me that I was not going to drown.

Then I got to thinking: Who am I that He would send a rainbow just for me? Am I that special, is it really ALL ABOUT ME?? But then I remembered one of my favorite songs that we sing in church. It makes me cry every time:


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.

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

If he watches every sparrow, he can send me a rainbow.

And guess what, when I got to work BOTH meetings cancelled on me. My day is freed up again.

And so is my soul.

Hope you are feeling free today, also.