Did you know that God knows how many hairs you have on your head? In Matthew 10:30 we read that “the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” The average number of hairs on a person’s head is about 120,000. They grow about half an inch a month, and if you add up the growth of each hair, the total distance your hair grows in a year would be about ten miles!
Sometimes even Christian boys and girls feel discouraged and think that maybe the Lord has forgotten them. Maybe they think life isn’t treating them right. But if the Lord takes the trouble to count even the hair on our heads, surely He will never leave or forget His own dear children. We are precious in His sight.
Satan knows he can’t take our salvation away from us, but he can make us discouraged and unhappy, and cause us to lose our joy in the Lord. A Christian father used to tell his children, “Keep thinking about how much the Lord Jesus loves you. It will make you very happy.” Try doing that, and you will be encouraged, not discouraged.
“David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.” 1 Samuel 30:6.
“I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3.
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