As I was praying about my column today and listening in on what was on God’s heart for each of you, I was impressed to convey His love and the value He has for each of you dear readers. My thoughts started with the uniqueness of each of our fingerprints.
Imagine that over 7.8 billion people in the world today all have an individual set of fingerprints. That is almost unfathomable. Then as I contemplated the enormity of that, I got to thinking about the uniqueness of our gait.
Did you know people can be recognized by their stride? I remember one teacher I had in high school who seemed to have springs in his legs. When he walked, he almost bounced. I’m sure you can think of someone who has a unique stride. Then, this got me to thinking about our voices.
Once again, one doesn’t have to necessarily see the person to recognize who they are. I’m old enough to remember rotary dial phones and party lines. There was no “maestro” or caller ID when I was growing up. All we had to go on was voice recognition to identify the caller and for the most point, one knew who was on the other line when their first words were spoken. I sounded a lot like my mom, though, so I think callers to our house may have been somewhat challenged to know who answered our phone.
What about the number of hairs on our head? I’m not sure if anyone has the same amount of hair as I do but it is constantly changing each time I brush my long locks. It would be impossible if I had to keep track of how many hairs I had at any given time yet God knows how many hairs each of us have. “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” (Luke 12:7) Would that just be our locks of hair that are numbered? Or what about our facial hair, our eyebrows and eyelashes? ...or even ear hair?
I’ve noticed a sign of “maturity” is random coarse hairs growing out of my chin or Hubby’s ears. Embarrassingly, the first time I realized I had those random coarse hairs growing on my face was when my hairstylist offered to pull one lone ranger off of the lower part of my cheek. I was horrified to see the length of it; and to not have noticed it was even worse. However, I did learn that there are ways to control those random arrivals and have since learned to wield tweezers with strategic aim. Side note: ladies, there are several ways to eliminate random facial hair such as waxing, sugaring, plucking or shaving. The good news is we don’t have to be stuck with those wild and crazy things.
I did get a bit off course there with the facial hairs, and I could even go down a longer bunny trail when I think of the forests that some men grow in their ears. The point I’m hopefully making is that each of us is created very uniquely and individually. Our Creator formed us with love and affection. As an artisan, He made sure every mark, print and hair were thoughtfully were lovingly planned for:
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made...”
It would do you good to read all of Psalm 139 where these verses are found.
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