A prayer from the Psalms: Who am I?

Whenever I go back to Hawaii, I love to look at the stars at night.  You just can’t see them so clearly from where I live in Japan.

On a normal night, you might see two or three, if that many.  If you’re lucky, you might actually get to see Orion’s belt.

But whenever I see the stars in all their glory, I marvel at them as David must have as he wrote this psalm.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!  You have set your glory above the heavens.  (Psalm 8:1)

Then like David, I think of how big God is, and how small I am.  And I marvel at how the God who created all this could actually care about me.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.  (Psalm 8:3-5)

On my way to work this morning, I was listening to a song that was based on this psalm and it totally captures my feelings.

Who am I that you are mindful of me
That you hear me, when I call

Is it true that you are thinking of me
How you love me, it’s amazing.

Lord, thank you that you are mindful of me.  That you actually bend down and listen to me when I pray.  That you actually think of me.  That though I am lower than the angels, yet you crown me with glory and honor. 

Not because I deserve it.  But because you love me. 

Lord, may I never take your love for granted, but may I always stand in awe of your love for me.  In Jesus name, amen.