Like the Eyes of Servants

This weekend, we had our regular Sunday schedule of adoration, and it was also our monthly day of recollection.
 
I was privileged to spend a good amount of time in chapel before Jesus, exposed in the monstrance there. 
 
I found myself repeatedly just looking at Him, a look that spoke of my need and my heart's desires.  The words came, too, but this posture of "looking a prayer" reminded me of a psalm we sometimes pray during the Liturgy of the Hours, namely, Psalm 123:
To you I raise my eyes, to you enthroned in heaven.
Yes, like the eyes of servants on the hand of their masters,
Like the eyes of a maid on the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes are on the LORD our God, till we are shown favor.
 
Somehow, it is consoling to know (and be reminded) that I am not the first one to raise my eyes to the Lord, to set my sight on Him, in my need. 
 
I am encouraged to hope that, like our forebears in the faith, I, too, will be shown favor, that my ardent gaze toward Him will not be ignored. 
 
In light of this Sunday's gospel, it is interesting that the psalm mentions servants looking at the hands of their masters. 
 
Put together, these scriptures encourage us toward an attitude of humility and trust. 
 
As my own exercise of these two virtues seems to ebb and flow, I am encouraged to keep turning my eyes toward Jesus, who can assist me in my path toward virtue and also provide for my needs and the desires of my heart.