“When
I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars,
which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son
of man that You visit Him.” Psalm 8:3,4.
For
long distance flights I prefer sitting on the aisle side but on shorter
flights, I enjoy sitting by the window to look outside. I keep looking out as
the plane takes off into the air. I notice how the buildings and the cars
become smaller and smaller. They become small like miniatures, and then small
like the ants. It makes you think how small the world can be.
But
for the astronauts they go further out until they get to see the beautiful blue
marble, the earth. As for many astronauts, once they experience the space and
see the beautiful blue planet they have a paradigm shift of how they view the
world. They call it the ‘overview effect.’ According to Wikipedia, this effect: refers to the
experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space, which is
immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, "hanging in the
void", shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere. From space,
national boundaries vanish, the conflicts that divide people become less
important, and the need to create a planetary society with the united will to
protect this "pale blue dot"
becomes both obvious and imperative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_effect
The
problems and the strife that we see around us are just a mere speck when you
compare to the vast space. We are nothing but dust. Yet our mighty God who has
created us is mindful of us. That is how much He cares for us. He loves us so
much. Shouldn’t we, then, stop with the problems around us and focus ourselves
to God?
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