Super Hair Care

Today's entry is a devotional written by Lenae Builthuis who is on staff for GEMS and writes much of the GEMS material and devotionals. I hope that this will be of encouragement to you today.
Kathy


Dear Sisters,

Happy Monday! How are you? It’s my prayer that each one of you (me included) would be willing and eager to serve the counselors and girls that have been entrusted to us, and that we would be godly examples to them. And as we do, we will remember that when the Chief Shepherd appears, we will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away (1 Peter 5:2-3). What a glorious day that will be! Have an amazing week of service to the King, dear sisters!

Let’s turn to the Word together.

SUPER HAIR CARE

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Matthew 10:29-31

I’m having trouble with my hair. Not the ones on top of my head (although they have their moments, too!), it’s the ones that clog the shower drain, land in the sink, and fill my hairbrush. Between my teenage girls, and me the bathroom can be a hairy, scary place!

After Sunday night’s sermon, this annoying reality has become a vital reminder of the providence of God. All things are not by chance, but from God’s heavenly hand. Without His will we can neither move nor be moved – right down to our hair count!

What’s most amazing about God knowing the number of hairs on our heads is not that He can do it, but that He cares to know! I’ve lost sleep over a number of things, but never about the number of hairs that might have fallen overnight.

God doesn’t lose sleep about hair or anything else. In fact, because He doesn’t sleep (Psalm 121:3-4), we can – in perfect peace that no hair or sparrow or anything else will fall without His knowledge and will. Jesus said, “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows (Matthew 10:29-31).

God is a personal, caring God! Paul was so confident of God’s care for him that he wrote, For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:38-39). Are you and I as convinced of God’s care as Paul was? If so, worry would be eliminated from our lives!

We joke that worry turns our hair gray, frustrations cause us to pull our hair out, and fear makes our hair stand on end. It’s time to see hair God’s way. Turn your worries into prayers and use fallen hair as a tangible reminder of His providence and everlasting love for you.

Prayer Step: Super hair care doesn’t come in shampoo bottles or expensive salons, but in God alone. Thank God for His personal care for you today!

"We cannot but admit that not even the least thing takes place unless it is ordered by God. For who have ever been so concerned and curious as to find out how much hair he has on his head? There is no one. God, however, knows the number. Indeed, nothing is too small in us or in any other creature, not to be ordered by the all-knowing and all-powerful providence of God."

Huldryrch Zwingli

Grace and peace,

Lenae