His Eye

""Am I only a God nearby," declares the Lord, "and not a God far away? Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?" declares the Lord. "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the Lord"- Jeremiah 23:23-24 (NIV).

Does God not see what is happening? To me? To others? Is He distracted by bigger problems than my troubled heart? Michael Quoist is quoted as saying, "We have been in God's thoughts from all eternity, and in His creative love, His attention never leaves us." It's so true. My father and step-mother lost my little sister, age four, at the airport in Seattle, Washington. She was quickly found, but how harrowing were those few moments for both parent and child? They only took their eyes off of her for one moment. That's all it took and she was out of sight. God never takes His eyes off of us. Our Heavenly Father never loses sight of even the least of His children. We can with all certainty sing the song "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" by Civilla Martin, 1905: "Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav'n and home, When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me." God fills all of heaven and earth and He will never, no never, take His eye off of you.