Hello, my name is Sochiel Dixon. I share a personal story of hope in today's encouragement

from our daily bread. God sees. Sometimes living with chronic pain and fatigue leads to being isolated at home and feeling alone.

I've often felt unseen by God and others.

During an early morning prayer walk with my service dog, I struggled with these feelings.

I noticed a hot air balloon in the distance.

The people in its basket could enjoy a bird's-eye view of our quiet neighborhood, but they couldn't really see me. As I continued walking past my neighbor's houses, I sighed. How many people behind those closed doors felt unseen and insignificant?

As I finished my walk, I asked God to give me opportunities to let my neighbors know that I see them and care for them, and so does he.

God determined the exact number of stars that he spoke into existence. He identified each star with a name, an intimate act that demonstrates his attention to the smallest details. His strength,

insight, discernment, and knowledge have no limit in the past, present, or future. God hears each desperate cry and sees

each silent tear as clearly as he notices each sigh of contentment and belly laugh. He sees

when we're stumbling and when we're standing in triumph.

He understands our deepest fears, our innermost thoughts, and our wildest dreams.

He knows where we've been and where we're going.

As God helps us see, hear, and love our neighbors, we can trust him to see, understand,

and care for us. Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is from Psalm 147 verses 1 to 5.

Praise the Lord.

How good it is to sing praises to our God.

How pleasant and fitting to praise him.

The Lord builds up Jerusalem.

He gathers the exiles of Israel.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.

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