STARS
Today's reading: Isaiah 17-19, 2 Corinthians 5, Psalm 147:1-11

"He counts the stars and calls them all by name." Psalm 147:4 NLT

It's reassuring to me to know that while God is caring for the over 400 billion stars He has formed in our Milky Way galaxy, He is also caring for me!

It's comforting to realize that His hand extends to the farthest reaches of space, so far in fact it would take us 70,000 years in our fastest space craft, to tend to the smallest star, and He is still as close to me as the breath I draw!

It's amazing to find out that of the stars I study in the night sky...the small twinkling lights of the night...the mere specks in the velvety blackness...there are some that are 100 times more massive than our own sun, He continues to govern them with His might. As He does every circumstance of my life!

It provides solace for my soul to think He cares for me even more than He does the stars--me, a created in His image creation, a blood-bought member of His family, a rescued sheep of His flock, a prodigal welcomed back to His table, a branch grafted into Him, a blind beggar who has been given sight to see Him.

He knows me by name, too.