Craig Clouston

 

Yep, Every Hair

July 27

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!”

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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 He 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.”