We are 6+ weeks into Covid – it is time for some perspective on life
In his book, This Book Will Make You Dangerous, author Tripp Lanier stated; “A while back, astronomers found a tiny section of the night sky that appeared to be empty. And ‘tiny’ means the size of the head of a pin if you held it out at arm’s length. If you were to hold that tiny pinhead up to the sky, then that little, tiny portion of the sky appeared completely void of celestial light. So, they focused the Hubble Telescope up there, and let it absorb light for ten days. And in that tiny, tiny dark part of the night sky, which looked completely empty, they ended up discovering 3,000 galaxies.”
Just let that sink into your spirit being for just a minute. After you have taken time to let that sink in, let me give you some words from a different author that makes Lanier’s words and discovery seem smaller yet. Listen to his words; In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.Genesis 1:1-5 NIV.
I need to pause and fill my coffee cup for the 3rd cup of the morning! WOW’zers! In what appears to be a pin-head size of darkness we discover 3,000 galaxies. Then we read the Bible to learn that GOD created that little discovery by man. Talk about perspective?
When you go to the local Barista the next time and they did not get your coffee fixed the way you like it, or the grocery bagger smashed your loaf of bread, or someone cut you off in traffic just remember, you are not that big of a deal! Perspective clarifies the important so we can discard the urgent! Live life FULLY and COMPLETELY from the perspective of the author of all things.
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