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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Alexandra Drew

Good Morning.

By the time I had my third little boy you’d think I’d have been prepared. And in many ways, I was – we had the clothes, the toys, and a pretty good idea of how a day in the life of a little boy might go.

What I wasn’t prepared for was the running and the hiding – whether we were in the supermarket, or dropping his big brothers off at school, or trying to enjoy a walk along Clevedon seafront, my little cherub would run!

And when he finished running, he would hide! When I say ‘hide’ I mean he did his best. At 2 or 3 years old, he hadn’t quite grasped a sense of perspective – he may have thought he was hiding behind the bananas in the grocery isle, but I could see his chubby little leg poking out.

Not only that, when he hid in the bushes he would endearingly shout ‘mummy, you don’t know where I am – you can’t see me’. Oh the fun I had, coaxing him out of the bushes and into my arms.

In the Bible we’re reminded that God is the God who sees. I believe he sees everything, including us. There’s no hiding from God. He sees us fully wherever we are, and he is always with us.

Sometimes what God sees undoubtedly exasperates him, but like a tender parent, he always loves us and calls us out of hiding and into his embrace.

Heavenly Father, thank you that you are the God who sees me, you know me completely, and you love me with an everlasting love. Help me to live today with that childlike trust, confident that you have me in your sight.

Amen.

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