When things feel really big...and you feel really small.

Lately, a lot of things seem really big. Too big for me to see around to know what will happen. Too big for me to feel like I can do it all. And too big for me to handle by myself. 

Do you know how big the biggest known star is? Its big. Its HUGE. ITS MIND BLOWINGLY LARGE. Its name is Canis Majoris. In a scale picture, Majoris is so much bigger then our Sun that the Sun is too small to be even seen in the picture. If the Earth was a ping pong ball...Canis Majoris would be the Empire State Building..plus 5 more stacked on top of each other. 

.................wow.

Like I said. Its really big. And that's just the biggest one that has been discovered so far. Lets not even get started on how big space is. 

God created that. Think about how BIG that single star is, and then think about how HUGE and POWERFUL God is to have made that. 

"By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,

the starry host by the breathe of His mouth."

- Psalm 33:6

He created it all by His words. He breathed the stars. My Father breathes stars!!!!! 

So...here's some perspective. God did all that. But I think MY problems are too big? I think that I know best? And I'm upset when things don't go MY way? So I think that my way is better then God's way? Out of the vastness of the universe, and the billions of people in the word, God loves me, cares about me, and listens to me. He answers my little prayers to my big prayers. From a "please help me find my keys" short frustrated prayer, to a "please let my loved one live" desperately whispered prayer. In the midst of gigantic stars, quadrillions and quadrillions of miles of space, and billions of people with all their thousands of little and big problems; He hears me. I might not always like his answers, but who am I to question the God who is so powerful and all knowing? 

Who am I to question the God who breathes stars? 

What business do I have to be so selfish and self centered that I get so upset when little things don't go my way? And who am I to live life my way instead of His way?

So when things feel really big, I'm going to try to remember how much bigger God is. When I can't see where God is leading me, I'm going to try to step out in faith because I know that God sees the big picture. When I'm feeling overwhelmed, I'm going to try to relax and remember that God is so much bigger then any of my problems. And when I'm feeling alone and I just can't do it anymore, I'm going to try to remember that my God can carry me through it all. Because compared to Canis Majoris I'm probably smaller then a microscopic molecule, so I'm pretty dang sure God can handle my teeny tiny self.