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"I See You"

A lot has happened in the last few months.  I may post more of an update on that later, but, for your information, we picked up our daughter right before Thanksgiving.

As our daughter has grown, my husband has found a sure way to make her giggle that adorable little laugh.  EVERY TIME.  He looks at her and simply says, “I see you!”  I love to hear that little giggle.  It could go on for days.  Matt looks at her and says it.  She giggles.  He pulls back and then leans in again.  He repeats the words.  She giggles.  

As I was thinking and contemplating this the other day, it came to me.  That is what every little girl wants – to be seen by her daddy.

How true this is for every child of God as well.  We want to know that we are seen by God. 

What better way to love someone than by letting them know that they are SEEN.

In an age of text messages and social distancing, do we really SEE people?  Do we show them the love of God by actually looking in their eyes?

For me personally, it is such a struggle sometimes to put down my phone and look my husband in the eye to hear what he is trying to tell me.  Is what I’m looking at more important than what my husband is trying to tell me?  Absolutely not.  

What could be more important than letting the people that we encounter each day see that we are looking them in the eyes and affirming them as people?

We want the very same thing from God, don’t we? 

Psalm 33:18-22 tells us, “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.”

Proverbs 20:12 says, “The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.” 

We were made in His image, correct?  So that leads me to believe that He also has eyes to see us.

1 Samuel 16:7 says, “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.””

God SEES us!  What hope there is in that!  We can trust that God sees us.  He knows each one of us.  He loves each one of us.

John 3:16 tells us that, “For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

If you haven’t taken that step to salvation, you can today.  Know that you are a sinner.  Trust that Jesus died on the cross for your sins.  Believe that Jesus rose three days after His death and ascended to the Father in heaven.  Ask Him to be Lord and Savior in your life.


Then get plugged in to a bible believing church and dive into God’s Word to learn more about what He says and how much He loves you.

Thanks for reading.

In God, 
Emily

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