sparrow

"You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes well you just might find,
You get what you need"
- the Rolling Stones

i love how pop culture can be so profound sometimes. and how a song can get in your head and stay there for weeks. or you get a fortune cookie on your birthday that says . . .

'No need to worry! You will always have everything that you need.'

but sometimes a word, a song, a friend comes at just the right time. your heart is soft, your ears are open and you are ready to hear the encouragement that you need the most. and from the strangest places.

i'm still mediating on that verse- love incorruptible. but it the mean time i really can't get that song out of my head. every time i want to complain. or worry about my circumstances. when i'm tempted to be ungrateful. or think that God has forgotten me. that He no longer cares. when i'm uptight about the future. and even when i remember this last year.

so to me this chorus says it all. it jump starts me out of worry. and bizarrely reminds me of a sparrow. that God's eye is on the sparrow and He cares. He will not let one sparrow fall to the ground without His eyes on it. His eye is on the sparrow. and He cares. for me.

so i might not get what i want. and even if i can't always try or i try too hard. God will always provide what i need. so i do not need to worry. His eye is on me and He cares for me :)

can i just say that food is more fun when there is someone to eat with you? for example our treats from the last week- carrot cake and picnics on the sleeper sofa :)