God's Eye

Proverbs 15:3 " The eyes of the Lord are in every place."

The Indians are a ritualistic people who have always intrigued me. Their customs and practices are mystical; a little eerie to some. But the indigenous people reflected God in much of their spiritual  ceremony, though He wasn't identified as the God we understand. They certainly acknowledged a Higher Power.

This is so in one of their ancient pieces of Art still created today. It is called a God's Eye. It is a four cornered object made of yarn and wood. It is often displayed hanging from a car visor or key ring. This creation was designed to reflect a confidence in an all seeing Providence who sees things unknown to the human eye. The Indians used it as a protection on the trail or on a worksite.

I am intrigued by the God's Eye, not in a spiritualistic way, but on a more enlightened level. I believe in God's Eye. I rely on the fact that He sees everything! Every day reveals new ways God guides and protects me when I am unaware of the dangers around me.

I recently was awed at how God's Eye was present in an accident experienced by my daughter and 3 minors she was traveling with while their parents were in Africa.  On a three lane highway, in the middle of rush hour traffic, in a city, God let their one vehicle unpreparedly come upon two large obstructions in the road.
Trying to avoid them, the driver lost control, hit a concrete barrier, spun across three lanes of traffic and hit another barrier head on. Only God's Eye could have prevented death or serious injury. Only God's Eye could have kept them from colliding with another vehicle or involving other people.

Was it coincidence that the children's parents were headed home after a two and a half week trip? Only a few hours and they were in the comforting presence of their Dad and Mom.

Did God care that it happened on school break for my daughter who had multiple bruises and soreness. As she could barely move without pain and slowly recuperated, I saw it as a miracle that she was able to attend a 4 hour class on this past Monday.

The parents quoted,  after an especially joyous reunion with their children, "We are just glad we are not coming home to tragedy". Why even question "why?" it happened in the face of the obvious protection of God's Eye?

Call it Providence if you wish. I have a picture of the Eye of God in my mind. I can't structure it as four sided or colorful as the early tribes crafted it. It is a Presence. It is a Power. It is an all present, ever seeing Entity I believe in and have witnessed daily in my 63 years of living. I don't have to display it to feel it. " The eyes of the Lord are in every place!" I can't step into anywhere or experience anything that I can't see or feel God's Eye. What a circumference!