Psalm 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars which you set in place—
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him?
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet.
R. O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
All sheep and oxen,
yes, and the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
Ahhhh, I should memorize this psalm and exclaim it every night as I get out of my car and gaze up at the starscape, this morning as I look out our front window at the snow-covered ground and every moment in between when I notice the sheer beauty of God's good earth. Nature is probably my favorite place to find God and I think it is precisely because of what this verse hints at: it is truly humbling.
ReplyDelete"What is man that he should be mindful of him?" This in turn directs my thoughts towards my favorite saint that being Therese of Lisieux. the reason why I find her so inspiring in my own life is because of her perspective on her own "littleness" as she called it. Except that she embraced her littleness and chose to actively seek to serve God in all the "little ways." As I get so overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of daily life sometimes the world seems like more than I am capable of. But that's just it, I'm not capable of it. God does not intend for us to "do it all." He just intends that the things He does call us to do each day, however small, we do with love. As St. Therese said, "Without love, all we do is worthless."
So as I take in the beauty of nature today I will try to remember the beauty that is in true humility.