Given a choice between being an eagle and being a sparrow I would much rather be an eagle! Soaring over the mountain ranges rather than hovering around someone’s chimney. Of course, that’s a gut reaction not a wise response. The truth is an eagle neither needs nor asks for help. In my flesh that’s who/what I want to be. Then I remember that even if I was an Olympic Power Lifter or a ranking member of Mensa and felt totally capable of dealing with anything that comes my way; “He gives us more grace. This is why it says: ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’” James 4:6
So go ahead and embrace “sparrowhood” – His eye, after all, isn’t on the eagle!
~ Just a thought, Pastor Scott
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;
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.
“Let not your heart be troubled.”
His tender word I hear,
And resting on His goodness,
I lose my doubt and fear.
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.
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.
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.
Grace Notes 