My flowers keep growing and it surprises me every time that I see them. We live over 5,ooo ft above sea level and the weather has been getting colder and colder. I keep watching them every day, hoping that they are still alive and thriving.
I was just thinking this morning about the different seasons of life and God's faithfulness throughout the ebb and flow of our individual hearts and lives. He alone knows how to make us grow and flourish.
For a couple of weeks I have been doing a study on the eyes of God, what He looks for, what He is searching to find. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is full of verses that speak of Him watching His people, His eyes are upon us. A common theme also I have found is that the people of God throughout the Bible think that He has forgotten them. That He doesn't see, doesn't care, isn't moved by what goes on in their lives. This is the farthest thing from the truth. He sees, He knows, He searches all of our hearts and lives. He cannot forget us.
"Zion has said 'The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me." "Can a woman forget her child, and have no compassion on the child of her womb? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me."
-Is.49:14-16
My sister is pregnant and I'm so happy that I'm going to be an Auntie again. Also there is a couple here in Shillong, Theja and Aren, who just announced that they are expecting. We have been praying for them for months that they would be able to conceive, this is one of their greatest life dreams. If I think even of the love of these two mothers who are expecting their unborn children, it is intense. I can't imagine a mother forgetting her child, but God said, "Though she may forget, I will not forget you!" His eyes and heart are fixed on us, through all the different seasons of our lives. His ears are open to our prayers. In times of strength, weakness, fear and joy, the walls of our lives are ever before Him.
2 Chron. 16:9- For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him...
