The Watered Soul

Finding Refreshment in the Word

When Life Makes You Feel Invisible

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My keys have a way transforming themselves into invisible objects. Countless times, I have canvassed my home high and low only to discover them in one of the many places I had scrounged earlier. The endless hunt for my keys is frustrating and it has a way of slowing my progress. Those keys are essential for me getting to my destination.

Just as I spend precious time searching for keys, many spend precious moments wondering are we visible. Amongst the millions of people on the earth has God lost sight of us? Has He forgotten about our plight? Does He saw our misery? Day in and day out the bleak picture of barrenness looks the same. Does what we do really matter in the great landscape of things?

I  can’t recount the number of times I secretly questioned if He even remembered my name. David’s cry of how long oh Lord became Wanda’s heart cry. How long oh Lord must I sit among the ashes of life. How long oh Lord before you release me from places of discomfort? Like a young maiden attempting to capture the eye of a handsome suitor, I long for God to catch just even a small glimpse of me during those times.

Far too many times I walk away dejected like the maiden who was overlooked in search of one more fairer. Temporarily forgetting that my present condition, no matter how dismal or delightful, does not serve as the evidence that He sees me.

May we be ever mindful that even in the obscure places, His eyes are ever on us.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.  –Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. – Johnathan Swift

Comments

  1. LaVonne says

    Wanda, you’ve got me on the keys! I remember the time I was digging through everything my car looking for my keys only to realize that I’d actually been sitting on them. Help me, Jesus! Really, Wanda, we must take comfort in the fact that He not only sees us, He embraces us. One verse that always bring me comfort when I feel as if I’m sitting in a dark closet is this: The soul of the children of men is the lamp of Lord Jehovah, and it searches all the inner rooms of the belly. – Psalm 20:27. There is comfort in knowing that even when I feel totally invisible, God is in me…working.

    • Wanda says

      Oh LaVonne, we have too much in common. My niece and nephews still laugh about the time I was on a crazy hunt for keys only to have the reveal to me that I was actually holding them in my hand. I don’t recall having read that passage in Psalms before but I’m going to check it out. Thanks for sharing.

      • LaVonne says

        No more “losing” keys! “Psalm” is stuck in my brain because I’m always in there. Correction on the verse. It is Proverbs 20:27 >> The soul of the children of men is the lamp of Lord Jehovah, and it searches all the inner rooms of the belly.

  3. Angela Felsted says

    I find it comforting that His eyes are always upon me now. Of course, as a child it scared me to death to think that I was always being watched.

  6. Denise says

    LOL Wanda, I am challenged with the missing keys disease also! 🙂

    It is comforting to me to know that we all matter to God and even when we stumble or encounter a personal setback, we have a Lord who loves each of us; we aren’t invisible to Him and He does not give up on us! 🙂 He sees the potential in every human being, even those who are lost, sunk deep in isolation, or feel insignificant.

    Blessings and love dear friend,
    Denise

    • Wanda says

      Oh what comfort to know I’m not the only stricken with that disease 🙂 Yes God sees the possibility in each us when others have long counted us out.

  7. Bernadine says

    Wanda, I can so identify with what you wrote in this post. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I remember when I was younger someone told me that when you lost something and found it in a place you’d search for it earlier it was your guardian angel playing a trick on you:)