“Mommy, I Can’t See”

“Mommy, I can’t see.”

—“It’s okay baby, I can.”

As I helped my youngest wash her hair this morning, shampoo began to ooze toward my daughter’s closed eyes. I could hear the fear in my baby’s voice as she felt the encroaching soap headed toward her eyes and cried out, “Mommy, I can’t see!” And I tenderly responded, “It’s okay baby, I can.” All she could see was darkness, but I was in the light. She could see nothing, but I could see everything, and because of that, she was safe. 

In that moment, I thought about how many times I’ve cried out to the Lord like that. “Lord, I can’t see!” And how many times His response to me was the same as mine to my daughter, “It’s okay, I can.”

I can’t see, but He can. In times when all I can see is darkness, He dwells in the light. When we can see nothing, He can see everything… 

…and because of that, we are safe. 

(Prov 15:3) The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

(Is 40:11) He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

(Ps 121:3-5,8) He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. Behold, He who watches over Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD watches over you— the LORD is your shade at your right hand…The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.