I received a call from my doctor’s office yesterday, and his assistant began the conversation by saying, “The doctor said he was thinking about your situation all night last night, and …” – and quite frankly, it really doesn’t matter how the conversation ended; what the doctor specifically thought and recommended, etc.   We can talk about those medical details another time.  What struck me were those opening words: “The doctor … was thinking about your situation …”.  I replayed them over and over in my mind after the call.  Wow.  That was really something.  Here is a VERY busy, VERY highly respected doctor in Lake Charles, and late at night, he was thinking about ME and MY situation?!  I have to say, that was special.  No “detached professional” here; this guy cares, and was thinking about my particular case in his spare moments!  That is very comforting, and very meaningful to me as a patient.

Of course, what should even be more comforting and meaningful is that there is Another who is the same way.  Not just a respected doctor, or busy professional – but the God of all the universe does the same thing — and more.  And this is not just one of those “pop religious” myths; the scripture itself tells us that God thinks countless numbers of thoughts toward us individually.  Psalm 139:17-18 says, “How precious also are Thy thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!  If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.”  Oh that we might truly grasp this idea, and stand confidently, yet humbly in the assurance it should give us.  Be sure: it is not that it indicates anything inherently deserving in US, as if we had earned or deserved such attention — but it says an awful lot about His grace and love and care, that God Almighty is thinking about me!

(Oh, and for those who are curious, my doctor is Gerry Hebert, an internal medicine doctor here in Lake Charles!)