by Desiree Bustamante

We are blessed to be loved by a powerful and glorious Creator.

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“O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
    Your glory is higher than the heavens.
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
    the moon and the stars you set in place—
  what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    human beings that you should care for them?
  Yet you made them only a little lower than God
    and crowned them with glory and honor.

O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!”
Psalm 8: 1,3-5,9 New Living Translation

This Psalm has been called the “Astronomer’s Psalm” because David was likely looking up at the night sky and was overwhelmed by the stars and the bright moon that lit up his world. Nights were usually dark in David’s time because they didn’t have the many lights that we do today that overshadow the stars and the moon. He pondered on God’s handiwork of the heavens and all of His creation and felt small in the light of God’s majesty and power.

Yet David marveled at the thought that God made us only a little lower than Himself and gave us dominion over His whole creation. He may have felt small in the light of billions of stars and a glorious moon. We feel small at times, too, and may doubt whether God sees us and truly cares about us. Yet we must confidently trust that He created us specifically to have a personal relationship with Him. Even more, through Christ, He has given us the blessings of His glory and power in our lives. We were nothing, yet Christ died for us while we were still sinners. Praise Him for His majesty, unconditional love and infinite grace to us!

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