we are only mere specks

our lives a breath
gathered from the gossamer
we are only mere specks
on the vastness of this earth
yet God knows us
the creator of heaven and earth
numbering the hairs of our head
writing our lives on his flesh
sending his Son to save us
held in his caress

February 6, 2012
Isaiah 49:16
Matthew 10:29-31
John 3:16
Upper Room Daily Devotional
http://www.upperroom.org/devotional/default.asp?month=2&day=6&year=2012for February 6, 2012
“Significance”,
by Steve D. Davis
read February 6, 2012

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