An Immeasurable Love

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“How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.”  – Psalm 139:17-18

It can be smaller than 1/16^th mm.  Look at the period of the last sentence, and realize that it is approximately 1/10^th mm in diameter.  It is visible to nearly every eye.  You can hold over a million of these in the palm of your hand, and yet it feels as if nothing were there at all.  As we know, atoms make up every particle on earth.  Yet, there are billions of atoms in one of these.

What is this thing I’m talking about?

Sand – a simple grain of sand.  Man has tried to manufacture synthetic sand for the masonry and construction industry, but realized the only way to create it was to artificially create erosion of rock and granite.  The sand industry in the world is nearly $100 billion / year.  Used for construction, reef, sandblasting, paint, motar, water containment, play-yards, etc. but, must originate from a God originated and created element.  Deserts, ocean floors, beaches, riverbeds, dunes, backyards, city parks, and so on.  Sand is everywhere in one form or another and it could be said covers the entire earth, from the origination recorded in Genesis 1:9-10; “Then God said, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear’; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good”.

Have you built a sand castle, or ever held sand in your hand?

If so, you are touching an original element from God the Father.  It’s not a building, a sidewalk, a road, a water bottle, a steering wheel, a door handle, a cellphone, a glass, a computer keyboard, or any other man-made device (most of which include sand).  But, rather it was created by God.  In a 3” diameter circle of sand, held in your hand there are over a million grains of sand.  Now, look at any beach and as far as you can see, there are an uncountable volume of sand grain.  Then think of the Sahara Desert, or the Mohave Desert, or even the Big Bear Sand dunes and try to fathom the amount of sand particles.  I think you get the picture.  The volume of sand on this earth is certainly immeasurable and beyond comprehension, yet, God the Father created all of it in a moment.

David compared his own thought’s of God to this vast unmeasurable number.  “How precious are Your thoughts to me, oh God.  How great is the sum of them (thoughts)…more than the grains of sand…”  Thoughts of God are with you at every moment.  You cannot put a finite number in that place.  Whether conscious or not, your soul is reaching to God at all times.  Your brain is constantly thinking and relating to God’s thoughts – morality, right/wrong, good/evil, loving others, helping others, and seeking connection to something bigger.  He created you, just as He created every grain of sand and has a purpose for each of you.  You alone are capable of fulfilling this purpose, and it is greater than anything else you have set as your goal and objective.  He is not limited by the extent of what you see as an obstacle.  He alone can create sand particles in the trillions of trillions, beyond measure, and at the same time create a purpose for you to influence this world.

Understand your importance to God.  You are valuable, you are treasured, you are at the right place and capable of what He has planned for you.  Step into it, and trust that the Creator knew exactly what He was doing when He created you.  Just like man cannot create sand equal to the original, those individuals you have surrounded yourself with cannot give you a purpose worthy of Him.  No, only He can do that.  Now is the time to take on the purpose He has set for you, through faith, trust and desire to serve Him alone.

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It's Too Complex for Mankind

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding"  Job 38:4

Think, don’t react, just think for a moment about everything around you.  Take a look at the trees, the bark on the trees, the heartwood and sapwood inside of the tree, the budding flowers as new leaves are formed, the roots stretching far underground and of course the leaves on the trees.  It draws nutrients from the soil, water from earth and from the sky, carbon dioxide from the air and distributes all of this throughout the entire ecosystem of it’s structure so that every part gets exactly what it needs to survive.  It’s branches grow toward the light, it’s roots extend in every direction to provide strength and support, it’s leaves fall off and are recreated and each one is unique in it’s design.  Tell me who designed this infrastructure and ecosystem so perfectly.  Was it Pascal, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Aristotle, Socrates  . . . . .   You get my point, right? 

We know the formula for water, but can we create it?  Can you tell me how to create a single grain of sand or dirt?  Where do I go to learn how to create wood? 

There is a Creator of everything that makes up this incredible sphere called earth, and the universe around us.  He spoke it into being.  There was nothing but an expanse, He spoke and it began.  He is the only one who has created water, soil and air.  He formed the trees, the rocks, the mountains and the depths of the oceans.  He created light from nothing, to shine through the darkness.  The perfection of everything around could not just happen in such intricate detail to sustain itself in perfect harmony. 

Why do we continue to believe that we are here simply by happenchance?  We were created by God with unbelievable, intricate detail as well.  There is nothing about you that is not known by Him.  He has created to do amazing things.  It’s time to recognize that God is God, He made you perfectly, and He doesn’t make mistakes.  Today is your day to make use of everything He has given you.  Ready, Set, Go !

Filling Your Bucket

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“How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!  How vast is the sum of them!  If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.  When I awake, I am still with You.” – Psalm 139:16-17

He walked across the hot beach on his tip-toes and cringed every time his foot hit the sand.  As he neared the water’s edge, the sand was damp and cooler to the touch, so his walking became normal and his demeanor changed to one of joy and happiness to be here.  With bucket and shovel in tow, he and his sister begin digging into the moist sand, and filling the buckets as the adventure of building sand castles began.  I helped Lisa set up the chairs and blanket just beyond the reach of the encroaching tide, and close enough to the kids to ensure their safety.  As they brought forth their buckets filled to the rim with sand, they dumped them near our blanket forming the corners of their soon to be castle.

Some of the sand stuck to the inside of thde bucket, and created more of a pile of sand rather than a neatly formed structure for the castle corner.  I watched as they would put the bucket back over the top of the sand and try to reshape it, but it would only make it worse.  Finally, disheartened David knocked the pile of sand over in frustration and began once again filling his bucket.  This effort repeated time after time after time, until finally he came over and explained the problem to Lisa and I, with a little bit of whining I must add.  We explained that the sand he was using was too wet and that made it stick to the bucket.  Perhaps he should clean out his bucket and get  sand from a different spot that wasn’t as wet as what he had been using.  He tried this advice and surprisingly it worked.  The forms coming from the buckets took on the shape of the bucket’s castle like design.   His architectural creativity became the focus for the next 30 minutes or so as he worked on building the walls and eventually the center structure of the castle.

I observed the frustration he suffered when the simplest particle on earth could not be controlled.  A grain of sand.  Microscopic in size, yet unbelievably dense when adjoined with other grains surrounding it.  Have you ever sat and thought about the single grain of sand?  Admittedly, I have.  Here are a few probing questions from my curious mind.
1) When was that individual, single grain of sand formed?
2) Where has it traveled around this globe, tossed by the waters tide?
3) How many sand castles has it been a part of?
4) How many feet have pressed down upon it’s microscopic form?
5) How long will it be here?

Weird, I know, but hey at least I’m thinking.  A single bucket (say 10” high, 6” wide) might hold millions of grains of sand.  As I sit on a beach and look as far as the eye can see, I am in awe by the volume of sand in any given spot.  When I was younger we dug a hole on the beach to how deep the sand was.  Our hole was no less than 4 feet deep and we had not yet run out of sand.  So with the miles and miles of beaches in the world, spanning hundreds of feet in width and several feet in depth, there are trillions and trillions of buckets of sand upon the shores around the globe.  This doesn’t even take into consideration the depths of the sea and the fact that sand covers the ocean floor for millions and millions of square miles and God only knows how many miles deep under the oceans of the world.  Taking all of this into consideration, you quickly come to the realization that the volume of grains of sand around this earth is an unimaginable, uncountable number short of infinity.

Now, read Psalm 139 again and realize that the Lord, our God, thinks of you personally more often than that number.  One could do the same exercise with the stars in the sky, and get the same result – an infinitely large number.  God is never not thinking about you.  You are His creation and despite the fact that there are 6.2 billion of us on this planet (+/-), we are each unique in His mind and thoughts.  If you are trying to fathom God in a manner known to mankind, we cannot.  He is beyond comprehension, omnipotent and omnipresent.  He is aware of all things that happen on this earth at any given moment.  Every grain of sand, every rain drop that falls, shares in the fact that they too were created by the same hand that created you and I.  Stop trying to fit God into your image, but realize that He is everywhere at all times and watching over you with a loving heart and grace filled spirit that has endured all time. 

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