Bigger Perspectives
OwassoFirst Men's Group
I shared this with the group last Tuesday, but now I have a visual to go with it.
This is a picture taken by the spacecraft Cassini, which is currently surveying Saturn. At least its supposed to be a picture of Cassini orbiting Saturn. If this doesn’t show up as a picture, go over to the following link:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html. This is the October 16, 2006 image from NASA’s astronomy picture of the day archive.
Anyway, the point of view is from Cassini, looking back towards the Sun. Saturn is between the Sun and Cassini, and is dramatically backlit by the Sun. Of interest to me is the tiny pale blue dot to the left of the giant planet, just above the row of bright rings, and just inside the next to last visible ring. You may have to enlarge the image to see it.
That little dot is Earth.
Sometimes (OK, more often than I care to admit) it seems as though my problems are so big, so complex, so tough to handle that I feel it is futile to seek God’s help in my life. It is as though I think God is so busy with the problems of other people that he doesn’t have time for my stuff. Sort of like God is a waiter in some busy cosmic restaurant and I’m over in the corner table, frantically trying to get clean silverware and a glass of water, much less getting my order right.
And then I see pictures like this. I see tiny little Earth from the perspective of just a few million miles away. And I think, how much more tiny does Earth appear to God from his vantage point in Heaven? Just before I start getting a headache thinking about just how big the universe really is and how insignificant I am as just one person on one planet in one solar system in one galaxy, I (re)learn once again, the fundamental truth: God is bigger than my problems. So I have to remind myself to stop thinking my problems are too big to fix. God knows my needs. He knows my heart. I need to place my trust in Him.
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows
Luke 12:7 (New International Version)
I shared this with the group last Tuesday, but now I have a visual to go with it.
This is a picture taken by the spacecraft Cassini, which is currently surveying Saturn. At least its supposed to be a picture of Cassini orbiting Saturn. If this doesn’t show up as a picture, go over to the following link:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061016.html. This is the October 16, 2006 image from NASA’s astronomy picture of the day archive.
Anyway, the point of view is from Cassini, looking back towards the Sun. Saturn is between the Sun and Cassini, and is dramatically backlit by the Sun. Of interest to me is the tiny pale blue dot to the left of the giant planet, just above the row of bright rings, and just inside the next to last visible ring. You may have to enlarge the image to see it.
That little dot is Earth.
Sometimes (OK, more often than I care to admit) it seems as though my problems are so big, so complex, so tough to handle that I feel it is futile to seek God’s help in my life. It is as though I think God is so busy with the problems of other people that he doesn’t have time for my stuff. Sort of like God is a waiter in some busy cosmic restaurant and I’m over in the corner table, frantically trying to get clean silverware and a glass of water, much less getting my order right.
And then I see pictures like this. I see tiny little Earth from the perspective of just a few million miles away. And I think, how much more tiny does Earth appear to God from his vantage point in Heaven? Just before I start getting a headache thinking about just how big the universe really is and how insignificant I am as just one person on one planet in one solar system in one galaxy, I (re)learn once again, the fundamental truth: God is bigger than my problems. So I have to remind myself to stop thinking my problems are too big to fix. God knows my needs. He knows my heart. I need to place my trust in Him.
Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows
Luke 12:7 (New International Version)
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