One of the most amazing statements in the Bible that overwhelms me with its sheer absurdity is that God thinks about me often, and in fact, He thinks about me more often than all of the sand of the sea.

Psalms 139:17-18 How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is their sum! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.

When I think about the number of people in the world right now, God can focus on just me and think about me more times than all of the sand on the seashore. When I have selfish or bitter thoughts or say thoughtless things to people, I wonder what He thinks about me. When I think about making the Lord sad by my behavior, it grieves me. My desire to please Him is the driving motivation of my life. The problem is that I am much more familiar with what makes Him sad than what brings Him joy.