Please excuse me, but another old song from my past came uninvited to my frontal cortex. It was sung by Skeeter Davis in 1962 (I was 10). It’s about a woman who placed all her eggs in one basket and all were broken. Nevertheless, the sun kept on shining, the stars kept on glowing, and the sea kept rushing to the shore. Her world ended, but the real world kept on going like nothing was wrong.
Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?
‘Cause you don’t love me any more
Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love
I wake-up in the morning, and I wonder
Why everything’s the same as it was
I can’t understand, no, I can’t understand
How life goes on the way it does
Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?
It ended when you said, “Good-bye”
No one seems to really care, except the one with the broken heart. That’s not right because God always cares. He cares for sparrows and there are 1.6 billion on the planet. Who cares if one falls to the earth? God does.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
You may lose a love, but you can never lose a world under the watchful eye of the Creator.
Think about it.
Gary