How great is our God!

A friend and I went out last night to the drive-in theater around here, a double feature of recently released movies (Wall-E and The Hulk) for only $7, uum, YES. Well, we stayed a bit later after the movie, about an hour late, and just laid in her truck bed and looked at the stars for a while. It was so clear and beautiful, I have never seen so many stars in my life! We could even see the Milky Way! 

When we got to talking, I was just so in awe of how big our God is. He made every star, placed them where they still sit today, breathed the stars into being! 

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.Psalm 33:6

Our God is a star-breather! He placed the stars in the sky for His good pleasure, and yet He still looks upon us with love and compassion! How awesome is He that as He holds us next to a star, the sun of some other solar system, he treasures us more! What we look at in awe is nothing compared to us in God's eyes. He died for us, not for a star, not for all the stars, but for each and every one of us as individuals. And not only that, but our God, the star-breather, came back from the grave so that we could live with Him eternally! Each of those stars will one day burn out, and die, and that's the end for them. But for those who believe upon the name of Jesus, those He will save and give everlasting life! And we look at the stars, in awe of their beauty? Our Heavenly Father made us even more beautiful to Himself. 

Last night I thought of how beautiful the night sky must be to God, to see it all in its entirety, be able to zoom in, see close up, and see the whole sky as well. But the more I think about it, the more I realize that He takes just as much, and more, joy in knowing us and our hearts. We ought to look at each other as we do the stars, as beautiful works or a marvelous Creator, who are loved beyond anything in the sky. He knows their names, but He knows our names, the numbers of hairs on our heads, the number of our days, and the plans that He has for each of us. Now how great is our God, truly.