A highlight one day this past summer was my first boat ride that led to the open waters of vast Lake Ontario. Life and nature has a different view from the water. I marveled at the beauty of the water as far as the eye could see and being able to see life on the other side of my normal view. As we crossed under a bridge that led from the bay to Lake Ontario, the driver said something that has stuck with me.
“Now you realize how small you are.”
Being one small, single person on a small boat on Lake Ontario was like looking up at the night sky full of little tiny stars illuminating the heavens, or being in the woods with the massive trees and plants all around standing so tall. Or driving by the miles and miles of lush, green farm land where the crops are plentiful.
How many times do we think feeling ‘big’ or chasing after the ‘biggest’ things in this world is best? Have you caught yourself looking to buy the fancy car, the latest and best phone, or the fancy clothes to impress others? Continue reading “BIG GOD”