Millions of stars glittered against its black backdrop. Was this
what Abraham saw when God made His promise? Stars so brilliant and numerous no
one could doubt His omnipotence?
~~Deeanne Gist
This
morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest
Christian Women Writers of All Time.
It’s
humbling to gaze into the inky blackness of night at the infinite pinpricks of
twinkling lights. You feel small. The vastness of the heavens adorned with
spectacular white jewels surrounds you, and in that solitary moment you grasp a
glimmer of light in your own world of darkness: God is unfathomably big. And if
such a God makes promises, he can surely keep them.
As
the Lord impressed upon Abraham with his vivid celestial show, he also promises
to love you, redeem you, and prosper you for your faithfulness. It’s written in
the stars across the sky, after all—his beautiful reminder that if he calls the
stars by name you can be assured that you are immeasurably more precious to
him. Remember as you stand diminutive, smack in the middle of God’s big canvas
for your life, that he has painted his love for you all across the heavens.
Prayer
for Meditation
God, thank you for dotting reminders
of your promises and light across my black night.
Scripture
for Meditation
To
whom will you compare me?
Who
is my equal? asks the Holy One
Look
up into the heavens.
Who
created all the stars?
He
brings them out like an army, one after another,
calling
each by its name.
Because
of his great power and incomparable strength,
not
a single one is missing.
O
Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles?
O
Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Isaiah
40:25-27
Music
for Meditation
How Great Thou Art
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