Re:Verse reading–Psalm 8 (day three)
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place…” Consider, then: 13.3 billion light-years away, a tiny galaxy (the rather clunkily-named MACS0647-JD) shines its light. That light travels six trillion miles in one year, and even at that speed, it needs 13.3 billion years to reach earth. The psalmist didn’t measure space like we do, but he knew: God’s heavens are immense enough that the human race would seem trivial by comparison. And yet, God is mindful of us. Jesus knew that our well-being depends on our knowledge of that mindfulness in this vast universe: “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God…Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” (Luke 12:6-7)
