12th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Sparrows and hair Mt. 10:26-33

Of all the important things in life that Jesus could be talking about and instead He is talking about sparrows and hair.

Counting hairs and the cost of a sparrow!

Hair does not seem to be an important topic for me.

I started losing my hair when I was 30.

And when I started losing my hair I did not count every hair that fell out.

But you know Who did?

God!

He counted every single hair that fell from my head

God however counts not only every single hair

He counts every single tear that falls from our eye.

Every single drop even when our eyes are filled with tears.

God also counts every breath we take

And every heartbeat every minute of our lives.

God notices everything about us.

Things that even we don’t notice

Because they may be too small or insignificant

Or because we are just too busy to notice.

But nothing is too insignificant for God

And God is never too busy to notice even the smallest things.

Things that we may take for granted,

But God doesn’t.

God notices every sparrow even though in the eyes of the world ,

they are worth practically nothing.

Yet God sees every one,

when they fall to the ground;

And God notices each soul that falls to the ground and dies.

Even those souls that are seemingly so insignificant that they die alone.

Even those souls that are so poor that they could not afford a paupers funeral.

But God will raise each one up on Eagles Wings one day

Because each soul is worth more than a whole flock of sparrows.

In God’s eyes,

Not a single hair falls out;

Not a single sparrow falls to the ground,

Not a single soul ever dies

Without Him noticing

So much does He watch over us!

When I started to lose my hair

I did not count every hair.

But you know who did.

God!

He counted every single hair that fell.

God not only counts every hair on our head and notices when a single one falls out.

He counts every tear drop that falls from our eyes

Every breath we take.

He counts every heartbeat.

He notices everything

That’s how God is.

Things we don’t notice

Things we take for granted

God doesn’t

Not even a single hair.

God notices every soul that falls to the ground and dies.

And because we are worth more than a flock of sparrows

He will raise us one day on Eagles wings

For we are worth more than a whole flock of sparrows