Wow...Wow...Wow

Have you ever wondered at the vastness of our galaxy?  
Have you wondered how big the earth is in comparison to its surroundings?  
Louie Giglio did an amazing job with the video below.  If you have not seen this video, please take time to watch it.  If you have children, bring them in and watch it together.

WOW!  I mean really WOW!  

 Did you feel as insignificant I as did?  We are this small blip on a golf ball in the vastness of the galaxy, and yet this amazing, Creator God made us in His image.  He made us with the intention of a relationship.  He thought about us, we were not created by accident or chance or mishap, it was intentional.  

 Though I cognitively know this, my sinfulness takes over and I think He does not care, does not listen or is not aware of my trials.  Oh how wrong I am.  Louie closes with a passage from Isaiah, read it below.  

 Read Isaiah 40:27-31
"Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel,
'My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God?"
Have you not known?Have you not heard?The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth.He does not faint or grow weary: His understanding is unsearchable.He gives power to the faint, and to Him who has no might he increases strength.Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary;they shall walk and not faint."
Did you resonate with the author at first?  Have you said those same things?  I know I sure have.  I have even shouted them at God, wondering why He did not listen to me or does not act in ways I think he should.  I am grateful the author continues and reminds me/us to whom we were talking, God. 
Creator God.
Sustainer God.  
Almighty God.  
Loving God.  
Personable God. 
Rentless God.

 Father, may our minds be shifted to You.  
May our actions bring You glory.  
May we reliquish our plans and hold fast to what You have called us.  
Thank you for loving us.  
Thank you for sustaining us.  
Thank you for being our God!

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