HOW MANY ?

HOW MANY STARS IN THE SKY ?
HOW MANY GRAINS IN THE SAND ?
HOW MANY HAIRS ON MY HEAD ?

A multitude of Bible verses about the stars.
My favorite is a very short end of a verse in creation, “. . . and He made the stars also.”—minor detail ? just to show the magnitude of our God.
How many stars ? Only God knows, “He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names.”—minor detail ? just to show the magnitude of our God.

I wonder how the number of stars in the sky compares to the number of grains of sand on the earth.
God doesn’t miss an opportunity to show His love with big numbers in creation beyond our counting.
“How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand.”— minor detail ? just to show the magnitude of our God.
How many grains of sand ? How many times does God think about me ?

Our concern about losing our hair—not to worry, God keeps track of every one.
How does that detail compare to the ‘big’ things that give us anxiety ?
“Even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not fear . . .”—minor detail ? just to show the magnitude of our God.
How many hairs ? Enough for Jesus to bother to count to tell us to not fear.