Above are two pictures: one that is of the farthest reaches of space that can be seen at this time and the other is my house. How can I reconcile these two views? I live on a planet that is one object of gagillion-trillions that our amazing God created in an expanse so vast that we have no idea where it ends or begins. Thoughts like these sure can make one feel like an insignificant grain of sand, can't they?
Yet here is what God says about each of us: from the Book of Isaiah "Before you were formed in the womb, I knew you." In Psalms 139, King David said, "Nothing about me is hidden from you! I was secretly woven together deep in the earth below, but with your own eyes you saw my body being formed. Even before I was born, you had written in your book everything I would do. Your thoughts are far beyond my understanding, much more than I could ever imagine.
I try to count your thoughts, but they outnumber the grains of sand on the beach. And when I awake, I will find you nearby."
Here is how I reconcile my smallness in the midst of the enormity of creation. There is a God. He created every single bit of matter that there is because, as Revelations 4:11 tells us, "Lord, You are worthy to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because You created all things, and through Your will they exist and were created." God wanted to make the universe. God wanted to make me. And there is more than that to the story. The Creator of All That Exists cares deeply about me, Lori, and has a plan and purpose for my being on this earth.
Jeremiah tells us in chapter 29, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
God wants good things for all of us. One of our purposes in life is to seek Him and find out what He wants us to do. He hears us, He has plans for us, and most of all, He loves us. What does Jehovah God want us to do today? No matter how small we may feel, we are at the center of God's vision. He's listening. Are we?
Check out the Monday Meme at Faith Builders. Their topic this month is "purpose".
Thoughtful and well-written. Glad to have found your site through Faith Lifts.
Posted by: Nancy | October 09, 2006 at 08:49 AM
It is pretty hard to comprehend, isn't it? Like you, I just have to trust His Word when He says He knows each of us. But it's such a profound concept, I think I'll never fully grasp it.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Posted by: Susan (5 Minutes for Mom) | October 09, 2006 at 04:43 PM
A little while ago I posted a google map picture of the "field" I grew up in...REALLY in the middle of not very much. It really does make you look up and say, "wow".
That field is so out in the middle of not very much that (when I was a kid) you could still see the northern lights once in a while. I miss that.
;-)
Posted by: Ellen | October 11, 2006 at 12:20 PM