Hair and Sand

"That God knows the number of hairs on our heads is still a thought at which we do well to wonder." - Jill Carattini, Not even one

We will also do well to remind ourselves how little we really are - like a grain of sand in the desert as Matthew West sings in his song "More", perhaps even smaller. We are small relative to the entire Universe of planets, stars, galaxies and black holes... we are even smaller relative to the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnfinite God we worship. And yet this limitless Lord knows us - each and everyone of us - and cares for us to the point of numbering all the hairs on our head. Amazing. That He would even acknowledge the existence of our species is already a wonder. But to know each person who ever lived... it's mind-boggling. Have you ever read through those passages in the Bible where there is nothing but long lists of names (e.g. 1 Chronicles)? God knows all of the people in those lists, and He knows all the people who aren't in those lists. As if that weren't enough He goes beyond knowing your name to knowing every single detail about you, including those details which you don't know about yourself - like the number of hairs on your head, or what it is exactly that you're feeling right now. He knows you. He knows me. The President of the Philippines does not know me. The mayor of Manila and of Mandaluyong do not know me. Frankly, some of my professors in school may not even remember me! But God, the King of all nations, of all earth, of all other planets, the heavens and the highest heavens (Deuteronomy 10:14)... knows me.

And in case I think that makes me great, let me remind myself that all this is so in order to make much of You, God. That You know everyone and everything doesn't make what/who You know great, it makes YOU great. How amazing it is to find that You still want me despite everything You are and everything You have. And I will meditate on Your wonderful love for me through this song...

More
by Matthew West

Take a look at the mountain
Stretching a mile high
Take a look at the ocean
Far as your eye can see
And think of me

Take a look at the desert
Do you feel like a grain of sand?
I am with you wherever
Where you go is where I am
And I'm always thinking of you
Take a look around you
I'm spelling it out one by one

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine and you shine for me too
I love you
Yesterday
And today
And tomorrow
I'll say it again and again
I love you more

Just a face in the city
Just a tear on a crowded street
But you are one in a million
And you belong to me
And I want you to know
I'm not letting go
Even when you come undone

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine and you shine for me too
I love you
Yesterday
And today
And tomorrow
I'll say it again and again
I love you more
I love you more

Shine for me
Shine for me
Shine on, shine on
Shine for me

I love you more than the sun
And the stars that I taught how to shine
You are mine and you shine for me too
I love you
Yesterday
And today
And tomorrow
I'll say it again and again
I love you more