He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He counts the
number of the stars; He calls them all by name. Psalm 147:3-4
How big is the cosmos? Galaxies upon galaxies stretch into space farther than we can
comprehend.
Two Harvard astronomers have discovered a "great wall" of galaxies that they
estimate to be 500 million light-years long, 200 million light-years wide, and 15 million
light-years thick. (One light-year is 5.88 trillion miles.) Those numbers are
mind-boggling.
Here's something even more amazing. God created all of those galaxies and sustains
everything that exists by His powerful hands. Yet that same mighty God, the one and only
God, uses those hands to gently touch the lives of suffering men and women.
In Psalm 147:3-4 we read that the Lord not only knows all the stars by name, but He also
"heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." That truth is echoed in
Isaiah 40:26-31, which states that the all-powerful Creator is the One who renews the
strength of those who rely on Him. The God of the galaxies is the Great Physician who
lovingly ministers to our needs. What a contrastand what a comfort!
Regardless of how heavy your burdens, how tangled your problems, or how serious your
diseases, the God of the galaxies has power enough to meet all your needsand
measureless power to spare. Put your problems in His hands.
- VCG
The hand that holds the ocean's depths
Can hold my small affairs;
The hand that guides the universe
Can carry all my cares.
- Anon.
Those who see God's hand in everything can leave everything in God's hand.