Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,
\nWhy should my heart be lonely, and long for heav\u2019n and home,
\nWhen Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He:
\nHis eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
\nHis eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<\/p>\n
I sing because I\u2019m happy, I sing because I\u2019m free,<\/strong> \u201cLet not your heart be troubled,\u201d His tender word I hear, I sing because I\u2019m happy, I sing because I\u2019m free,<\/strong> Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise, I sing because I\u2019m happy, I sing because I\u2019m free,<\/strong> (Civilla D. Martin)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heav\u2019n and home, When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. I sing because I\u2019m happy, I sing because I\u2019m free, For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. \u201cLet not your heart be troubled,\u201d His tender word I hear, And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears; Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. I sing because I\u2019m happy, I sing because I\u2019m free, For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise, When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies, I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. I sing because I\u2019m happy, I sing because I\u2019m free, For His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me. (Civilla D. Martin)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,54,53,59,11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comfort","category-contentment","category-fear","category-gods-love","category-song","category-trials"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-Ou","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3131,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3130\/revisions\/3131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFor His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnd resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;
\nThough by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;
\nHis eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
\nHis eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<\/p>\n
\nFor His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWhen songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
\nI draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
\nHis eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
\nHis eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<\/p>\n
\nFor His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<\/strong><\/p>\n