GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE!!!

AND OTHER POINTS OF DESTINATION...

Imagine.

That's what God says, each and every day to each and every one of us.
I also happen to believe in life in other parts of our universe...Why would God waste all that space??

But, here's the thing.

I am always trying to figure out why God would act a certain way. Why this person got sick, why that person won the lottery, why so many things are not the way I'd have them...

Have you ever tried to put God in a box?
It's an old saying, for sure, but with good reason. I think we all do it from time to time.
We're made in His image, right? So why shouldn't we understand His way of thinking, His way of handling things?

I wonder if the size difference would be more apparent if we thought a little about the first couple of sentences of this morning's blog.
Each and every day, all living things are in God's awareness. Each and every moment. He knows our thoughts, He sees all creation; He runs the universe.

That's a pretty big job, I'd guess.

Try this, the next time you try to bring God down to our size:
Walk into a supermarket, and try to see everyone in the store at the same time. Try really hard. Then count the number of people that you really can watch over at the same time. If you're like me, it's usually about one. Maybe two, if they're together. That's about it.

Pretty sad, right?

No! Not at all.
Okay, we're made in His image, but are we God?
Do we actually have to run the universe, keep the planets spinning, the stars burning?
Hey...not my job!!
Not yours either.
And that's a good thing, isn't it?
Believe me, if I were running things, they'd be very different.
Not necessarily in a good way, either.
There'd be a lot fewer bad drivers on the road, that's for sure!!
But, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I'd have things screwed up in record time.
Besides, I just could not keep track of all you folks out there, good or bad. Kinda like Jim Carrey in "Bruce Almighty".

So, I'm gonna try not to figure out God too much. It's just too hard. Like trying to drink the Ocean, or count the sands, or number the stars, or any other combination of impossible cliches.

Just cannot do it.

It's His job, and He's welcome to it, in all His Almighty mystery.

I, for one, am glad about that.


YOU GET THE POINT!!