Give Me Your Eyes...

September 3, 2008 pt 2 

I walked outside on my back porch tonight, and sat down at the table. There are a quite a few people wandering around tonight, I've noticed. 

I've learned that I'm a people watcher. Brandon Heath has a song, "Give Me Your Eyes", and I find myself throughout the day, when I'm walking through the airport, singing, "Give me your eyes for just one second, give me your eyes so I can see, everything that I've been missing, give me your love for humanity..." 

Today I watched a couple say goodbye. The guys were talking about a meeting that had just taken place, and while I waited for them to finish, I people watched. Immediately my attention was drawn to a guy who looked to be around my age - shaved head, a few bags thrown over his shoulder. He was in an embrace with a little petite girl who's face was covered in tears. I watched while they held on to each other and wondered where he was off to. Was he just visiting? Was he going away for long? He tilted her face up to his and I could see she was really struggling to keep it together. They kissed for a long time, and while I watched, I could feel my own eyes starting to get teary (I'm a freakin sap, seriously). He hugged her again, and it was like I could see her heart starting to break - he was taking half of it with him. They parted ways, and that was the part I wanted to see. I wanted to see if they looked back at each other. About 20 paces away from one another, I saw her turn, and he turned, right at the same time. She smiled and waved - you could tell that she wasn't expecting him to look back at her - but he did, at the very same moment she turned. He moved on to the security line, and she walked away. I saw her take about 4 more steps, and look back again, and then she was around the corner. 

My heart was full, and so were my eyes. I tried to tighten up pretty quickly before the guys caught on. I stood there and wondered where he was....where my guy was....and I ached to feel his arms around me and to catch him looking back at me, too...

The love that those two had for one another was palpable, and apparent that their hearts were very connected...and I longed for that in that short display of true love.

So I came out here to sit on my porch, and I saw this girl walking with a baby. I've seen them before - she lives with her sister. Every night I'm out here, I see her walking with this adorable baby boy. She was singing to him, and he started to fuss - she said, "Oh...what's wrong? It's okay, we're going home sweet home..." She stopped the stroller and went around to pick him up. As soon as he was in her arms, he let out this little whimper - his way of saying thank you, I'm sure. It reminded me of working in daycare with the babies....as soon as you picked them up and they felt arms around them, as soon as they felt your love, they would give that little whimper, that last little cry...and then settle. 

He laid his head down on her shoulder, and she kept singing while they walked - and I thought.....

He hears my cry. He sees my outstretched arms, and He picks me up like a child, and when He does, I whimper my thanks....

Just like a baby with outstretched arms and a tearstained face, He moves to us to hold us so we feel secure.

What touched my heart the most about this girl, was how quickly she moved to get him. She didn't just keep pushing him from behind while allowing him to cry the rest of the way back home, she stopped, and immediately came into his view so that he could see that she was preparing to pick him up, and without a second thought about how hard it may be to hold him with one arm and push the stroller with the other, she picked him up so he wouldn't cry.

Isn't it amazing that this is how God deals with us? He is behind us, pushing us, His gentle song falling over us, and when we begin to cry out, He moves so we can see Him, and then He picks us up so we won't cry....

God is good. 

Give me your eyes so I can see...

"The LORD your God is with you, 
he is mighty to save. 
He will take great delight in you, 
he will quiet you with his love, 
he will rejoice over you with singing."