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God Saw it Happen

The other morning a bird flew right into our bay window. My wife commented that the window must be too clean and that the commercials are correct. My two young girls, 10 and 5, both started crying. We looked as the bird just dropped to the ground and sat there.

Its neck was a little to the left. Anything could have caused that, right? Just because it wasn't moving didn't mean anything. It was right before we were leaving for school, so I didn;t want them leaving upset. So I was trying to think of a soothing scripture to share. So I said, "You know that God saw that too, right?"

While that was technically true, I can't help but wonder if, in her head, my 10-year old asked why bad things happen and God does nothing. God saw it too? Ok, it's true that a bird does not fall from the sky without God knowing it. And while I believe that God may have chuckled at one of His birds doing such a stupid thing, that was probably not the verse to use with my children.

God saw it too.

I know, it sounds ridiculous now that I retell the story. Maybe when a close friend or family member dies, I should use the same line. You know, because feelings don't matter as long as you're quoting scripture.

A lot of life is like that. And knowing that God sees the suffering does not always make us feel good at the time. But it is a good reminder that, when bad things happen, God is still watching. And sometimes He watches when the bad turns good. Like when that same stupid bird hopped up and flew away 10 minutes later.

When have you been glad that God was watching?
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