「有時候，我覺得自己好像是……透明的。」薇安說到這裡，幾乎無法再繼續向朋友吐露心聲。她的丈夫另結新歡，離棄她和年幼的孩子們。最後，薇安哽咽地說：「我把最美好的青春年華都給了他。而現在，我不知道是否有人真的會看見我，或花時間真正地認識我。」

她的朋友安慰她說：「我明白。我六歲時，我爸就離家了，對我們來說，實在難以接受，尤其是我媽。但是媽媽晚上幫我蓋被子時，說了一句話，令我無法忘懷。她說：『上帝從不闔眼。』我長大以後，她解釋說，她是想要讓我知道，上帝愛我，即使我睡著了，祂也一直看顧著我。」

聖經記載，在上帝的百姓繞行西奈曠野的艱苦時期，上帝吩咐摩西告訴祭司亞倫和他的兒子，要為百姓祝福說：「願耶和華賜福給你，保護你。願耶和華使祂的臉光照你，賜恩給你。願耶和華向你仰臉，賜你平安。」（民數記6章24-26節）

即使我們處在人生的曠野，處在那些我們懷疑沒有人會看見或瞭解我們的地方，上帝依然是信實的。縱使我們因為痛苦而感受不到祂的存在，但上帝的恩惠，即祂的榮面和永恆的愛，總是會臨到那些愛祂的人。在上帝眼中，沒有一個人是透明的。

“Sometimes I just feel so . . . invisible.” The word hung in the air as Joanie talked to her friend. Her husband had left for another woman, leaving Joanie with young children still at home. “I gave him my best years,” she confided. “And now I don’t know if anyone would really see me or take the time to actually know me.”

“I’m so sorry,” her friend responded. “My dad walked out when I was six, and it was hard for us, especially Mom. But she said this thing when she tucked me in at night that I never forgot: ‘God never closes His eyes.’ When I was older, she explained she was trying to teach me that God loved me and watched over me always, even while I slept.”

The Bible presents words God gave Moses to share with His people during a challenging time, when they were wandering in Sinai’s desert: “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26). The blessing was to be spoken by the priests over the people.

Even in life’s wildernesses—those places where we wonder if anyone sees us or truly understands—God is faithful. God’s favor—His shining face and enduring love—is always turned toward those who love Him, even when we can’t feel Him because of our pain. No one is invisible to God.