Numbers

Mt Everest is 29,035 feet tall. The Mariana trench is 36,210 feet deep. The average distance to the moon is 238,857 miles. To the sun is 93,020,000 miles. The Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across. It is believed to contain 200 to 400 billion stars. Who knows how many millions or billions of galaxies besides the Milky Way there are. There are approximately 6.8 billion people on earth. There is only one you.
In the beginning God created all of this. Galaxies, stars, suns, moons, mountains and valleys. He knows each star. He set the stars in their places. The sun is far enough from earth that it doesn't scorch us yet close enough that we get its warmth. Each mountain range and valley was designed by Him. The mountains catch the winter snows and store them to water the valleys in the summer.
Six point eight billion people on the planet earth and He knows each one of us and how many hairs we have on our head. He knows our thoughts, dreams, fears, likes and dislikes. Of all the things He has created you are the most important creation. More than galaxies, mountains, valleys, birds, whales, you name it. You are the most important thing to Him.
I started out by wanting to give a small perspective on just how big God is. He's created things that are thousands of light years across. Like we really can comprehend what a light year is. He put the sun 93 million miles away. Most of us will be lucky if we even come close to driving 500,000 to 1,000,000 miles in our lifetime so imagine 93,000,000 miles. Just drive around the earth 3,735,000 times and you'll get an idea. Maybe if we just think on a smaller scale. From the bottom of the deepest ocean to the top of the highest mountain it's 65,235 feet. Only 12 1/2 miles. That's easier to wrap your brain around. Hold on, when was the last time you dug a hole 6 1/2 miles deep and piled the dirt 6 miles high above it?
We can't even begin to understand the bigness of God. When it comes to Him we have to think outside the box because there isn't a box big enough to put Him in.
We can't know how big God is but we can and do know that He loves us more than anything. He died for us and then rose again so we could be with Him. That's right, we couldn't put Him in a box on earth either.
The one that made you wants to spend eternity with you.

Be a blessing and be blessed.

Just another day?

Her alarm went off. Just another day. Lay in bed and hit the snooze button a time or two. Maybe she was a one alarm person and got up as soon as the alarm sounded. Time for a shower, maybe some breakfast or at least a snack then off to school.
She greets classmates in the hallway and heads to class as the first bell rings. Did she doodle while she listened to the teacher? Maybe she took notes or maybe she didn't need notes because she grasped what was going on and could just dive into her assignments.
Time for another class. She leaves her classroom says hi to more friends in the hallway on her way to her locker to get books for her next class. So it goes. A few classes, lunch, a few more classes and then school is out for the day. Then it's off to track practice. After practice she will go home for dinner, do some homework, text friends and maybe watch some t.v.
Just another day.
Not quite. She never made it home after practice. Calls were made, Posts were put on facebook. Prayers were said. Searches were organized. It seemed as if most of West Wendover was at City Hall Saturday morning. Classmates, teammates, friends, strangers, search dogs, people from half a state away. All came to help find the missing girl. The searchers met at seven Saturday morning and by 11:30 that morning the search was suspended.
What started as just another day on Thursday morning ended Saturday morning in hugs and tears. Hugs of comfort and tears of sadness. Not much was said. Everyone just filed out of the room and went their separate ways.
She was found in a shallow grave just a day and a half after being recorded on video camera leaving school. She won't be going to Junior Prom, playing basketball as a senior in her number 22 jersey. The same number one of her teachers wore when she was in high school. No graduation or college. No marriage or kids.
Micaela Costanza will be missed by many people.
I was given some advice by one of my teachers when I was in high school. It was to never leave the house without kissing my wife goodbye, It didn't matter if we were mad at each other or not. If something were to happen to one of us, the other person would have the memory of one last kiss.
Give a hug, give a kiss, because it may start out as just another day but it doesn't mean that it will end that way.

Be a blessing and be blessed.