One of my favorite verses:
Psalm 103:11
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him”
Wow. That’s a lot of lovingkindness! Can you calculate such a great love? You can try, but the mind goes tilt. Here’s an illustration.
Let’s assume that the heavens are roughly 12 billion light years “high.” That’s about the distance to the farthest galaxies observed by telescopes. 12 billion is a huge number already, but 12 billion light years much much more so.
A light year is 186,000 miles light travels in a second times 60 seconds in a minute times 60 minutes in an hour times 24 hours in a day time 364 1/4 days in a year. That’s 186,000 x 60 x 60 x 24 x 364.25 = 5,853,643,200,000. But wait. That’s just ONE light year. Now we times that by 12,000,000,000. So, 5,853,643,200,000 x 12,000,000,000 =are you ready?
“roughly” 70,243,718,400,000,000,000,000
That’s in miles from here to the furthest galaxies. I don’t even know how you say that!
Or, how about this from Psalm 139:
17How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand
God is thinking PRECIOUS thoughts about YOU! Judging from the number of grains of sand on one beach, let alone all the beaches, I’d say you are on His mind CONSTANTLY!
Next time you are tempted to get down on yourself, or are tempted to think God doesn’t care, remember what God says. He is WITH YOU! and He LOVES YOU more than you can imagine.
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