POV—point of view—is critical
to a writer. As he creates his story, he must decide from whose point of view a
scene will be described. Whose head will the reader be in during a chase, an
argument, a conversation, or a tender moment?
It’s all about perspective.
Remember high school debate class when we had to argue on the side we didn’t
agree with? We were forced to consider someone else’s perspective.
Objects take on different
colors and contours when viewed from different angles. So do situations, lives.
Because we are finite,
personally motivated creatures, we don’t often see the big picture, or around
the next bend, or the other guy’s viewpoint. And sometimes we think no one sees
ours.
But God does. He sees the
sparrow, the lily, and the panting deer. He sees the blind man begging and the
woman weeping.
Take a trek through the
gospels and count how many times Jesus looks at someone. Really looks. Sees
them. Can you feel His warm Creator-God eyes on you?
An old song says, “His
eye is on the sparrow – and I know He watches me.” The hymn is based on what
Jesus told the people about that tiny, dull, unnoticed bird. Not one falls to
the ground without God seeing.
We are more valuable than
sparrows, Jesus said.
Whose eyes are we looking
through?
God sees us and loves us.
Maybe if we sought His perspective, we’d understand this better. Maybe we need
a little less of our own POV and more of His.
Civilla D. Martin and Charles H. Gabriel, 1905
