“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!” [Luke 12:6-7 HCSB]
My hair was thin because of genetics and age. It got thinner when I started a medication for a couple auto-immune diseases. Then there was this miscommunication with the hairdresser the last time I visited a salon. So now I have this “Moe” thing going for me. Remember Moe, of Larry, Curly and Moe fame, one of the Three Stooges. He was the one with the buzz cut who always was rubbing his head with his hands.
Well, that is me right now. I have this buzz cut, only my hair is pure white, meaning I just look bald. And I keep rubbing my head with my hands, I guess just to make sure there is still a little left up there.
When I got up this morning and looked in the mirror, I thought about the reassurance in Luke 12 that God has all the hairs on my head counted. I started to laugh. I laughed thinking that I have made God’s job of counting my hairs so much easier! Sometimes you just must laugh out loud at life!
So, I laugh about God counting my hair, but I also rest in that thought. Hair is so inconsequential considering the deep things of our hearts and minds. Yet, God knows not just those deep things about us (and cares about them), He knows even what we might call the small inconsequential things … still nothing about us is insignificant to Him. Everything is important.
We may not always be aware of God’s care, but that does not change the eternal fact that His care for us never wavers, never fades, never stops. We are His beloved children. He sacrificed His Only Son for us. As Romans 8:32 reminds us … “how will He not also with [Christ Jesus] grant us everything we need?”