I saw a shooting star for the first time in my life last night. Alex and I were sitting outside talking, and I looked over and saw it. It was so cool. For me, it’s sometimes easy to get caught up in the beauty of creation instead of becoming captivated by the Creator. I can look out and see amazing things, but I forget that I know who created it all. He knows and loves me deeply and passionately. He is all-powerful and mighty. He holds all the stars in place and is able to let them fall as he desires. He makes the wind blow and the rain pour. He allows the sun to shine and flowers to grow. All of this is in His hands, yet He chooses to look upon me with tender-hearted compassion. He has everything, but He wants more. All of creation isn’t enough. He wants my heart. If He can command the wind and waves into obedience and if He can hold the universe together without too much effort, I think He can handle my problems, worries, and desires. He is big, and though at times I feel like the world is on top of me, He is able to take those feelings into His hands. I know that He cares for me, and last night as I saw that star, I was reminded of His great love. My life isn’t too difficult for Him or too big or too stressful for Him. He can move the mountains – He literally has the strength to do that, but He can also move the figurative mountains in my life.
As high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving-kindness… (Psalm 103:11)
