Under the Protection of God

I live alone, as many of you do. I can go days without leaving the house, and even when I go out, I rarely run into anyone I know. Sometimes I wonder how long it would be before anyone took note of my absence. I guess the people at church would notice I wasn’t there but wouldn’t get alarmed for a few weeks. In the winter I bowl, so my bowling team would check up on me. I sing in the choir, and the kids call off and on, but you get my gist. God knows when a little sparrow falls. “Fear not,” the writer says; “you are of more value than many sparrows.” I’m comforted knowing the Sovereign Lord knows my going out and my coming in, and he cares for me.