"Constant Friend" includes some of the words from a familiar hymn... This song plays in my mind when I think of my son, let me explain.
"Why?" that's what I've asked a million times! In 1991, my youngest son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. I remember that day...and I'll never forget that bitterness and anger that I felt when I heard the doctor's diagnosis. Through God's grace, I have begun to partly understand why this "thing" happened to my son. Just ask some of the people and friends he has met through the years, he has a gift, a God given gift! You would have to meet him to know about his gift.
Several years ago my son had major surgery on his hip to remedy pain from hip dislocation, unfortunately he is experiencing significant pain in that area again and we visit a new orthopedic doctor tomorrow. God is watching over him, just like the lyrics in the song. Jesus is very clear in Matthew 10:29, that not even a sparrow falls to the ground apart from the watchful eye of our heavenly Father.
Civilla Martin, who wrote the lyrics of the song, said this about her inspiration...
"Early in the spring of 1905, my husband and I were sojourning in Elmira, New York. We contracted a deep friendship for a couple by the name of Mr and Mrs. Doolittle--true saints of God. Mrs. Doolittle had been bedridden for nigh twenty years. Her husband was an incurable cripple who had to propel himself to and from his business in a wheel chair. Despite their afflictions, they lived happy Christian lives, bringing inspiration and comfort to all who knew them. One day while we were visiting with the Doolittles, my husband commented on their bright hopefulness and asked them for the secret of it. Mrs. Doolittle's reply was simple: "His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me." The beauty of this simple expression of boundless faith gripped the hearts and fired the imagination of Dr. Martin and me. The hymn "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" was the outcome of that experience." -www.wilkipedia.org
God will be with my sparrow tomorrow, and always. God bless!
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