Sunday Sing-- His Eye is on the Sparrow

Today was a home football game for the University. The weather forecast was for the very real possibility of severe weather. Contingency plans were made if the weather turned severe during the game. Thankfully, we only had rain. The severe storms missed us. For that, I am very thankful.

I love this song. I think of it so often when I see not only a sparrow, but any of the birds that make their habitation in my neighborhood. The story behind it; the writer and her husband visited an older couple who were in very poor health and had been for a long time (the woman for twenty years). When asked how they were doing, the lady they were visiting answered, "His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me". Amen, sister...

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.

Chorus:
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.

The above picture was uh...borrowed...from my local television station.