Summary: Phil looked up from his puzzle as his mother walked into the house with two bags of groceries. "Hi, honey," she said. "There are two more bags of groceries in the car. Will you get them for me? And please pick up the other stuff I spilled, too, okay? When I grabbed my purse along with these bags, it was upside down, and some things fell out." "Okay, Mom." Phil nodded and hurried out to the garage. He took the bags of groceries into the house and then went back to get the things that had spilled from Mom's purse. Along with several other items, he found four one-dollar bills. Phil looked at them thoughtfully. Then he put one of the bills in his pocket. "Here's your stuff, Mom," Phil said when he returned to the house.He handed her the three dollars along with all the other items. "Thanks, Phil," said Mom. "Now I'd like you to take the flyswatter and get rid of these flies." She frowned. "Where do they come from?" Phil got the swatter. "Gotcha!" he exclaimed after a moment. Then he saw a fly sunning itself on a window sill. "Mom, come see this fly," he called. "It looks like it's cleaning its face--just like our cat does." "It does look that way," agreed Mom. "I saw a nature show about flies the other day. It was pretty interesting. Did you know that flies' legs have brushes that they use to clean their eyes?" "Oh, yuck!" Phil made a face. "The report described their eyes, too," continued Mom. "They're amazing! It said flies have about 4000 simple eyes in each large eye." "Wow!" exclaimed Phil. "That's weird." "When I heard that, it made me think of a verse from one of the Psalms," said Mom. "David wrote, 'He who formed the eye, shall He not see?'" As Phil put his hand into his pocket, he felt the dollar bill he had kept. God sees this, too, he thought. I better give it back--but if I give it back now, Mom will know I was going to keep it. I'll leave and come back and pretend I just found it. He started toward the door, then stopped. But . . . God would see that, too. With a sigh, Phil pulled out the bill. "I . . . I was going to keep this," he confessed, "but . . . here it is, and . . . well, I'm sorry." How About You? Have you ever done something wrong when no one was around? Were you relieved when you didn't get caught? Sometimes you can do something sinful and nobody will even know. But God knows everything you have ever done--He knows your heart. He loves you and wants you to obey Him out of your love and respect for Him and His Word. When you think no one is watching you, do what is right. It's just as important then as at any other time. Today's Key Verse: He who formed the eye, shall He not see? (Psalm 94:9) Today's Key Thought: God sees everything
