the universe.

paul m kim likes to call me a sentimental freak... hahahah.  but i have to admit, i kind of am.  well, not really sentimental.  just always inspired by God.

here's one example.

this weekend, we had retreat up in running springs (on the way to big bear).  the cabin that we were staying at had an outdoor patio/deck and so at night, you could look out over the city below us and the stars above.  at first, i was talking about the constellations and all that fun astronomy stuff with some of my church friends.  then one of my sisters reminded me the number of stars and galaxies there are in the universe.  i began to stare out.  as i stared at the stars and the universe, i could feel a sense of awe and dread coming over me.

why?

i felt freaking insignificant.  how in the world could i possibly mean anything in this universe?  you can't put a number on the stars or the galaxies or anything.  and yet... it was all created by God.  God fills the entire universe because He created it.  God is outside the universe because He exists with/without creation.

amazing.

you know what's even better?  He loves me.  He loves you.  He really does.  The universe is just a small display of how much He loves.

Psalm 8:3-4

3 When I consider your heavens, 
       the work of your fingers, 
       the moon and the stars, 
       which you have set in place,

 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, 

       the son of man that you care for him?