"The Eyes of the Lord!"

“The Eyes of the Lord!”

By: Karen Frantz

 

 

Jimmy loved watching ants and other insects.  One day his Dad brought him a gift.  It was a magnifying glass, so he could get a close-up view of all the creepy crawlies.  Jimmy couldn’t wait to get outside to watch the ants work.

 

The next day was a Saturday, so Jimmy hurriedly got dressed, ate his breakfast, and grabbed a little piece of donut as he went out the door.  He found an ant bed at the end of his sidewalk. He crumbled the little piece of donut into teeny crumbs, then he waited, it wasn’t long before a number of little, bitty, black ants came out of the ant bed and began picking up the pieces of donut, which was much bigger than the ant, and Jimmy remembered that he had read that ants could lift twenty times their body weight.   But that didn’t slow down the little, bitty, black ants, who worked diligently getting the crumbs into the ant bed. 

 

Jimmy watched them through his new magnifying glass, giggling with delight as he watched the ants, working to get the pieces of donut crumbs to their nest.  He loved his magnifying glass, it was really cool to be able to watch the little, black ants.

 

Then Jimmy began to notice other insects crawling and flying around, he watched a cricket hopping through the grass, and a caterpillar crawling along the side of a flat rock.  At lunch time, Jimmy’s Mom called him in, to wash up for lunch. When Jimmy came into the kitchen to eat, he was anxious to tell his Mom about ALL the neat things he saw up close with his magnifying glass. 

 

Then Jimmy got quiet, munching on a sandwich, then he said, “Mom, does God have a magnifying glass so he can watch us up close?”                                                                       

“No, Jimmy, God doesn’t need a magnifying glass, but he does watch us.  The Bible tells us that the Lord looks down and sees ALL mankind, He watches ALL the people who live on earth.  It also tells us that the eyes of the Lord are on those who honor Him.  And He doesn’t need a magnifying glass to do that, because He is GOD!”  His Mom replied.

 

“Oh!” Jimmy said, “well, I really like my magnifying glass, and I NEED it to see ALL of God’s little, creepy crawlies.”