"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." —Civilla Martin
http://www.hymnpod.com/2009/03/07/his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow/
Psalm 102
1 - Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
2 - Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 - For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5 - By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6 - I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
7 - I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8 - Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 - For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
10 - Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 - My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
12 - But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
13 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 - For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15 - So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 - When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17 - He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 - This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 - For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 - To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
21 - To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;
22 - When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 - He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
24 - I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 - They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27 - But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
28 - The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
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