All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.
-Isaiah 40:6-8-
GOD is big. WE are small. GOD is eternal. WE are a moment. we're just a speck of dust in our milky way galaxy. and that's not all. our galaxy is just one in hundreds of billions of galaxies in the whole universe.
so pretty much, we are insignificant. but it's not that "oh, i'm not important" insignificance. we were made for a purpose. but in this world of ours, we are so small.
astronomers estimate that the world is 156 billion lightyears wide. & a light year, is 5.87 trillion miles. you can do the math if you want to, but 156 billion lightyears, is a BIG distance. this has led many people to believe that if earth is the only inhabited planet, then all that other space is just wasted.
but the universe has a different purpose besides just being our home. i believe that it was created to communicate God's glory to us. as big as the universe is, the Bible says that God measures the heavens with the breadth of His hand.
wow. 156 BILLION light years, is nothing in the eyes of God. so who are we, that He is mindful of us? that He calls us child, friend? that he cares when something happens and we don't feel like we can handle it? if we were as big as God, do you know how easy it would be to just say "oh, that's nothing. try dealing what i deal with, and then maybe you'll be more thankful." but He cares for us. He'll help us when we need help.
we are a moment. GOD is forever.
-Isaiah 40:6-8-
GOD is big. WE are small. GOD is eternal. WE are a moment. we're just a speck of dust in our milky way galaxy. and that's not all. our galaxy is just one in hundreds of billions of galaxies in the whole universe.
so pretty much, we are insignificant. but it's not that "oh, i'm not important" insignificance. we were made for a purpose. but in this world of ours, we are so small.
astronomers estimate that the world is 156 billion lightyears wide. & a light year, is 5.87 trillion miles. you can do the math if you want to, but 156 billion lightyears, is a BIG distance. this has led many people to believe that if earth is the only inhabited planet, then all that other space is just wasted.
but the universe has a different purpose besides just being our home. i believe that it was created to communicate God's glory to us. as big as the universe is, the Bible says that God measures the heavens with the breadth of His hand.
wow. 156 BILLION light years, is nothing in the eyes of God. so who are we, that He is mindful of us? that He calls us child, friend? that he cares when something happens and we don't feel like we can handle it? if we were as big as God, do you know how easy it would be to just say "oh, that's nothing. try dealing what i deal with, and then maybe you'll be more thankful." but He cares for us. He'll help us when we need help.
we are a moment. GOD is forever.
