“Even All the Hairs of Your Head Are Counted”

“When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place— What is man that you are mindful of him, and a son of man that you care
for him”

The literal meaning of Jesus' sentence, “Even all the hairs of your head are counted” (Mt 10:30), can raise questions and concern about those who have no hairs. Has God failed counting the hairs of those going bald? Baldness makes it easy. There is no need of being
God to do such a job. Anyone can do it as there is nothing to count. This is less than a matter of counting, it is a matter of taking care instead.

God takes care of us regardless of the color of our hair or the number of hairs we lose every day. Not even the smallest detail of our lives escapes his careful attention.  When we sleep, He watches by our side. When death comes, we abide in Him and He in us. Living or dead, we belong to Him. There is no reason to be afraid. As He cares for the sparrows, He is absolutely involved in our everyday lives. When you feel alone,  facing challenges; when you see no one paying attention to your need, please remember this word of Jesus: “do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows” (Mt 10: 31). Faith casts anxieties on God. As long as he cares for us, let us unload our fears unto His
strong shoulders.

In a challenging moment, it can be hard to accept that God is still present or to see Him working to bring good out of a bad situation. However, when we look at the challenges of our lives with faith, we can see the hand of God at work. He takes care of us in different
ways. It is so difficult to explain them all. Beyond our understanding, it is a matter of personal experience and relationship with Him. Bad things can happen but God will never abandon us. In His love for us God never wishes harm to anyone. He feels our pain when we suffer. His goodness surpasses this world and involves our everlasting welfare. A narrow view of such goodness prevents us overcoming fear in the time of challenges
when God seems to be “absent”. This is what brings many people to fall into doubt, to lose faith and trust in God. “But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint”. (Is 40: 31). Thus faith and hope crowned with love help us to start enjoying in this life the everlasting welfare of God’s goodness since we came into being.

He has taken care of us from the beginning. He brought us into existence by love. He endowed us with reason to help us navigate through this world. In order for us to avoid bad things and wrong behavior, he granted us ethical reason and free will to choose what is right.  Above all He has given us the gift of faith through the Holy Spirit who gave us the power to become His adopted children through Jesus, His only begotten Son.Indeed, when we choose doing wrong and become prisoners of sin and death, He does not leave us alone. He personally came to our rescue through Jesus. Not only did he take care of us by bringing us back to God the Father, but He also opened for us the way to everlasting life in God by dying and rising from the dead. Therefore, He redeemed our original dignity, showing that God has made us little less than a god, crowned with glory and honor (Ps 8: 5).

God's care for us is already obvious in the way he made us with the possibility of being in close relationship with Him. It is our duty to live without fear and stay worthy of transforming this possibility into a real communion with God every day. If fear comes, call to mind His promise: "I am with you always, until the end of the age" (Mt 28: 20).