For I know that The Lord is Great

     Last evening, my son, daughter-in-law and I went to see the new film Gravity showing at the Kentucky Theatre. Without giving away the story line and plot, let me say the footage, shot from space, of our beautiful planet Earth was breathtaking. When we arrived back home from seeing the film, I joined my husband in his observatory to have a look at the night sky through his telescope. As always, the stars and visible planets were magnificent; the crescent of the moon floated silently as a sentinel in the darkness.

     I went indoors marveling at the magnificence of God, who created the beautiful planets that surround our lovely island home in the vastness of space and the suns of other solar systems and galaxies. I thought of the view of our beautiful island home from space and considered all the glorious gifts God has given us here on earth. We have the love of our families, pets and friends who enrich our lives. We have abundant food and water. Above all, we have the faithful forgiving love of God, who is ever-present with us.

     Before I went to sleep, I read Psalm 135.  The psalm includes the following: "For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods. The Lord does whatever pleases Him in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the deeps. He brings rain clouds from the ends of the earth; He sends out lightning with the rain, and brings the wind out of His storehouse." Indeed, I know that the Lord is great and for that I say Amen.