All Numbered

Contemplating  “All Numbered”

Look close; on some strands of hair there really are minute numbers.   I used a very tiny pen.   As I was working on this image I found that the amount of hair on a person’s head varies according to the color of hair (yes, hair loss too of course).  On average blondes have around 140,000 strands, brunettes 110,000, raven black heads 108,000, and red heads have around 90,000.  And God is aware of them all!  In my mind this is just part of God’s amazing attention to detail.  

In Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie Dillard writes, “In the top inch of forest soil, biologists found ‘an average of 1,356 living creatures present in each square foot, including 865 mites, 265 springtails, 22 millipedes, 19 adult beetles and various numbers of 12 other forms….Had an estimate also been made of the microscopic population, it might have ranged up to two billion bacteria and many millions of fungi, protozoa and algae-in a mere teaspoonful of soil.’”  And yes, every microscopic hair of every living thing in that one square foot of soil is numbered as well. 

1.   What captures your attention about this image?

2.   What details of creation amaze you?

3.   Why do you think God is so creative and detailed?

4.   How does it make you feel to know that God is so very aware of every detail of you?  Why do you think you feel this way?

5.   What is God saying to you?