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Monday... When we see and consider the comparison.


Psalm 8:3-4 (AMP), "When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have established, what is man that you are mindful of him and the son of [earthborn] man that you care for him?"

Monday... When we see and consider the comparison. 

Our city, Las Vegas is it seems a bowl with mountains all around it and man has done so much with this bowl.

Our daughter called us last night and said for us to go out and look up at the moon. It was fantastic. Now we live a little higher on this bowl and we have a great view of what man has built and what God has created. There is no comparison. Yes man has done wonders but in no way does it compare with what God has done.


Now man has built great buildings but we have also created great chaos. This is an evil city. It is so easy to live in fear. Man is not God. They think they are but they aren't and seeing what man has built and what God has created is a good thing to consider and compare.

David in Psalm 8:3-4 (AMP) says,"When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have established, what is man that you are mindful of him and the son of [earthborn] man that you care for him?" But he is and He does. He loves us. He even gave His Son for us. but we think we can do it all on our own. Yes it is amazing what man and woman can do on their own but it doesn't come close to what we can do with God.

Yes, looking out on our front patio we can look down at what man has done and also look up at what God has done and compare.

Now consider this. Verses 3-8 (NLT) says, "When I look at the night sky and see the works 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. You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority - the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents."

Yes it is amazing what man has done but it is also really amazing what we could do with God not without Him. Yes, consider what God could do and wants to do in and through us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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