Wow! What love!

"When I look at 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, and the son of man that you care for him?" Psalm 8:3-4

When I get the chance to get out of the city and see a little bit of God's (mostly) untouched creation, I love to just look around and let it sink in. Just sit back and take it in. On the beach, I marvel at the beauty of the ocean waves...both the sounds and the sight. I also marvel at the breadth of the horizon. When I'm on the farm, I marvel at the many different kinds of plants and bugs and the beauty of the bubbling creek. When I'm flying in an airplane, I am amazed by the size of everything and how small we are in it...like ants. And at night, when I look up at the stars I am amazed by the vastness of this universe. Then, to think about all of these things and to consider that God personally put each of these things into their place and made them exactly as they are...WOW! Who am I?? I am like the ant that you see crawling up your leg and you flick it away (or smash it). And yet, God knows everything about me and each and every one of you. He knows how many hairs are on my head and He knows when I stub my toe (which happens a lot...just ask Peter...I wonder if God cringes a little bit when that happens. Ha!). How!? Why are we so important to God in a way that is far over and above the care that He places on any other thing? Why did He send His son to die for us? And yet He did. He really cares about His people, folks. He cares about us enough to know everything there is to know about us and still not just destroy us. Wow! That is love. Now husbands, consider this... You are told to love your wives as Christ loves the church. Now, that's a tall order! :-)

(I didn't get to the messianic aspects of this Psalm today after all...tomorrow, I promise!)