A Strand of Truth

Here are 10 selected and intriguingly fascinating data and trivias about our hair that I googled-up recently.

1. A single strand can support 100 grams in weight. That means, a whole head of hair could (in theory) support the weight of two elephants.
2. There is one thing about you that your hair cannot reveal: your gender.
3. hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow.
4. 35 meters of hair fibre is produced every day on the average adult scalp.
5. The average scalp has 100,000 hairs. Redheads have the least at 80,000; brown and black haired persons have about 100,000; and blondes have the most at 120,000.
6. It is normal to lose 100 hairs per day from the scalp. (Are they kidding?)
7. Over 50% of men by age 50 have male pattern hair loss. (What a relief to know that I will be in good company that time! – glass half-full attitude)
8. Hair consists mainly of keratin, which is also responsible for the elasticity of fingernails.
9. A single hair has a thickness of 0.02 - 0.04mm, so that 20 - 50 hair strands next to each other make one millimetre.
10. The trait for baldness can be passed down through paternal or maternal genes. (Ouch! This one validates all my apprehensions)

But the most amazing medical fact of all is that hairs are actually dead cells.
Say what?
You read that right, they are dead cells, so other than the aesthetic side and the claimed vitamin D collection, our hairs on our head are basically one of the least necessary part of our body. So it comes not a surprise why our Lord use this “least” part of us to assure us that He knows us inside-out, up to the minute details of our inner being, our littlest of concerns, our deepest passions, our highest dreams, our lingering resentments and our lowest and darkest moments.

Nothing escapes His infinite knowledge.

Matthew 10:29-30 – “Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted.”

So the question we should ask ourselves is this – Why should we worry? Why be afraid?
If God loves us as His own children and God knows our every need, then there should be no room for us to entertain any doubts about ourselves and what’s going around us. Being afraid and worrisome only exposes our lack of faith on the goodness of God and shows our unbelief that He knows and meant for good everything that is happening to us.

Let us pause for a minute of silence and search our hearts for those things that are hindering us to have a normal healthy relationship with God.
Did you lose a loved one recently?
Is your family breaking apart?
Are your finances in deep trouble?
Is someone persecuting you and telling hurting lies?
Are you dealing with a lingering illness?
Do you feel alone in this world?

Now hear Him speaking to you, “I know and I am with you. Do not be afraid.”

God bless.

1 Peter 5:7 – “Cast all your worries upon him because he cares for you”