Psalm 8:3
The past few days I can’t stop thinking of something that
happened late last year. Last November I was temporarily living with Chris and
Julie Mee in Monroe, NY (the most gracious hosts ever!!). One night Chris and I
were outside with Jack (his dog) on top of the hill where his house is perched.
On that night, the sky was mesmerizing with brilliant stars. Even Venus was
clear as we looked at millions of stars with the naked eye. They were in stark
contrast to the darkness of the “beyond.”
Not unlike our souls! Comparatively speaking, just that fact in and of
itself, made me feel so small and insignificant. So…Chris ran inside and retrieved
his night vision scope (don’t ask!)…and this is the real deal, night vision
scope…military grade…seriously. When he gets back, he hands me the scope and I
put the over my right eye. My breath was taken away! I now saw BILLIONS of more
stars unseen just moments before. The awesomeness of the myriad of billions of dynamic
brightness was almost blinding and numbing. Not unlike the new soul in Christ!
The blazing Light is there…but sometimes we hide it in the darkness. Very
humbling. I stood and gazed. I felt like a little kid seeing July 4th Fireworks
for the first time…while unashamedly acting like one! It truly was indescribable. I saw the
awesomeness and power of this amazing, personal, relevant, eternal God.
And in all my insignificance, I couldn’t help think of Psalm
8:3. “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the
stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?” God IS mindful of me?! Mind blowing. We
are never alone! Such awesome love!
And then I was reminded of one of my favorite verses --
Zephaniah 3:17 – “For the LORD your God is living among you. He is a mighty
savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm
all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
This amazing, personal, relevant, eternal God, delights in and
rejoices over this imperfect worm of a man living in the joy of His grace and
mercy! We are not small and insignificant! We are His sons and daughters!
FEB 21, 2013
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