Watching Over
Watching Over
My husband loves animals. He has a soft spot for animals and little girls. So soft he is like butter on a hot summer day, he just melts. So every now and again I’ll text him a picture of an animal or a cute curly headed little girl just to make him smile to let him know I’m thinking of him.
So I text him the picture of the newborn colt (foal or filly?) and his immediate response was “Awe.” with a happy face. I knew I had him!
Before I proceed in writing the rest of this post I thought I’d throw some questions out there:
- When you first saw this picture, what did you initially think?
Me: My eyes widened because I thought the little horse was dead. - Look closer. Now, what do you see?
A blood stained belly where the umbilical cord once was attached. This baby was not only alive, but fully alive! A newborn. - Now, look in the upper left-hand corner. Now what do you see?
A pair of horse hooves.
I could probably guarantee you those aren’t just any pair of hooves. That’s Momma steadily watching over her newborn.
So this photo had me thinking. My mind exploding with thoughts. (I’m a little peculiar that way).
Living in our ever-loving-fast-paced-instant-culture, if we were to take a snap shot of our {ENTIRE LIFE}, what would we see?
- Would our focus be so narrow that we only see the negative in our day?
- Would we quickly look at something or someone, and assume?
- Do we forget there’s more to the picture than what we actually see?
After looking at the picture of the little horse I found that I answered, “Yes.” to all these questions.
Sometimes when we are having difficulty in life, whether in infertility or day-to-day life it’s easy to assume we are all alone. However, our assumptions bring us farther from the truth in God’s Word.
His Word says:
For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. Psalm 1:6
He will not let your foot slip – He who watches over you will not slumber nor sleep. ~ Psalm 121:3
The Lord watches over you — The Lord is your shade at your right hand. ~ Psalm 121:5
The Lord watches over all who love him, but the wicked he will destroy. ~ Psalm 145;20
The scriptures can be like God texting a picture of our {ENTIRE LIFE} to us daily. Slowly, as we rest on these truths and let them sink down in our soul, perhaps we can respond to Him with an “Awe” and a happy face, 🙂 and a thank you too.