Thoughts on Psalm 8

Psalm 8:3-5 “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.”

       

        I love this verse.  I love the whole chapter actually!  Tonight as I was taking my dog outside I looked up and my breath was literally blown away. The stars were so, striking, beautiful, and infinite. I sat down and was amazed and reminded once more of how tiny I truly am in the universe; and how incredible it is that I am even here at all. That’s when the Psalm above came to my head.   It is hard for me to grasp sometimes just how valuable we are to God.  That’s right, valuable. Just like David wrote in that Psalm, I too consider myself a “mere mortal” and nothing compared to the wonders of God. 

        

        The thing that is so important to remember is how we are Gods prized possession, his masterpiece. We are called to honor and glory, and I feel that at times we get sidetracked from that calling by the world we live in. We lose our place and value in life, we have longings and hopes and desires, that all seem unreachable. However, nothing is unreachable through Christ.  The beautiful thing about our heavenly father, is no matter how lowly we view ourselves, or how far away we stray from the truth, he will still view us how he created us: with glory and honor; and he is always willing to help guide us back to the truth.  He is smiling down on us, waiting for us to fall back into his arms and rediscover just how precious we are to him and rediscover all he has called us to, and all we can accomplish through him.