God’s Eye

This enjoyable blog post on a lovely (now extinct) bird is worth reading! The author reminded me of this song: 

"His Eye is on the Sparrow" 

And the same day my Husband sent me this article that includes:

"Civilla Martin describes the context out of which the hymn was born: “Early in the spring of 1905, my husband and I were sojourning in Elmira, New York. We contracted a deep friendship for a couple by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle—true saints of God. Mrs. Doolittle had been bedridden for nigh twenty years. Her husband was an incurable cripple who had to propel himself to and from his business in a wheelchair. Despite their afflictions, they lived happy Christian lives, bringing inspiration and comfort to all who knew them. One day while we were visiting with the Doolittles, my husband commented on their bright hopefulness and asked them for the secret of it. Mrs. Doolittle’s response was simple: ‘His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.’ The beauty of this simple expression of boundless faith gripped the hearts and fired the imagination of Dr. Martin and me. The hymn ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow’ was the outcome of that experience.”

The next day she mailed the poem to Charles Gabriel, a famous composer of gospel songs, who wrote a tune for it."

See rest HERE

My Husband emailed this to others and my Mother said that this song has been very special to her because January 21, 197-? a classmate from her Bible College was walking back to school after Sunday church and was hit by a car and died. There was a soloist who sang that song in the service she had just left and he sang it at her funeral. She was 18. I commented to my Mom that I have heard it said that God takes the young because they are ready … but of course it is hard for those who are left.

I love that God is with us in the hard times too. And I really appreciated your comment, two mentions of this song in 1 day, then my Mom’s story makes 3 so God is certainly telling me something :)

May God have mercy on us all 🙏