Yep,
Every Hair
And
even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Matthew
10:30
“Grandpap!
Quitit!” Ellie squealed. “I’m gonna’ pee my pants! Stopit!”
“Grams
wouldn’t be too happy with me if that happened,” he said. “Nor
you either I’m thinkin’! But I think it would be hilarious!” he
growled, tickling her one last time.
“Oh,
Grandpap, you’re so silly!” Ellie giggled. She loved roughhousing
with her grandfather…she knew she was the apple of his eye.
“Grandpap?” came her inquisitive tone. Clyde could see mischief
in his granddaughter’s eyes. “Hows come grandpas lose their hair
and grammas don’t?” she asked.
“Cause
grammas would look silly without hair,” he answered. He knew this
was leading somewhere…
“In
my Sunday School class last week,” Ellie cocked her head at an
angle as if she were contemplating the implications of her next
statement, “my teacher said that God knows how many hairs each of
us has.”
“Yep,
every hair,” Clyde said. “Even on an old bald guy like me!” he
said, reaching to tickle her again.
Laughing,
Ellie ducked his reaching hands, and said, “He must have an awful
time keepin’ track of yours! He probly has to recount ten times a
day!” she teased, and skittered away, just as Clyde tried to grab
her.
“I
know one little girl who’s gonna be missin’ some hair if I get
hold of her!” he threatened, laughing heartily as she ran from the
room and out the front door, screaming, “Grams! Grams! Grandpap is
gonna’ pull my hair out!”
†
Most
of us get our first impression of God from our earthly fathers and
grandfathers; it’s supposed to be where we learn of His loving
nature and admirable character. Sadly, many fathers and grandfathers
do not present a true likeness of God, and God is seen as uncaring,
unloving, judgmental, and sometimes even hostile.
But
that is just not true. He is more loving than the Clyde’s of the
world. And it is His will that regardless of how we’ve been treated
in the past, we will draw close enough to discover that He truly does
care about us…enough to know the number of hairs on our head. And
bald or not, He keeps track of each one, yep, every hair!
Prayer
“Father
God, I want to know You intimately. Show me how truly precious I am
in Your eyes. Amen.”
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