The Heavens Are The Lord’s
May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth. The heaven, even the heaves, are the LORD’s; but the earth He has given to the children of men. Psalm 115:15-16
When is the last time you sat outside and looked up at a star-lit sky? Each time I do that, I am overcome with the vastness…and then reminded of how small I am in comparison. But I know my Creator loves me and cares about every detail of my life. This devotion was taken from Moving Mountains.
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An Amazing Fact: Our Milky Way Galaxy is part of what astronomers call the “Local Group,” which also includes the Andromeda Galaxy, the Triangulum Galaxy, and approximately 30 smaller galaxies. The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, is our nearest neighboring spiral galaxy and is close to 2,500,000 light-years away. It can be seen from the Earth’s Northern Hemisphere.
One of the greatest blessings on Earth is the ability to look up into the night sky and gaze upon the beautiful, creative masterpiece that we call the universe. But when we do this, we really have a very weak concept of what we are looking at (even the astronomers among us). There are more mysteries about the cosmos, it seems, than there are stars. Even of our home galaxy, we know very little. Nevertheless, stargazing is an awe-inspiring activity. Our heats are drawn to the Creator as we marvel at such stunning work.
A well-known psalm of David says, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” (Psalm 8:3-4) It is mind blowing to realize that the God who knows every intricate detail of this massive universe cares for us. He who placed and maintains, each star and planet and galaxy—and knows them all by name—the same Creator God is very interested in the details of each of our lives because He loves us so much.
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Heavenly Father, thank You for all creation. Help us never to underestimate Your power and Your love for us. AMEN.