Somebody Bigger

Last night, as darkness took over the day, I walked out to my little garden in the backyard and extinguished the citronella lamps that had been burning.

As I turned back toward the house, there was the crescent moon, suspended above the pines. For a moment, I stopped and stared, my heart overwhelmed by the Creator's mighty works.

I could see the people inside the house—people I loved, who had a lot on their plates and their minds. I didn’t want to make a scene, but my first thought was to burst inside and announce that the God who created the universe was still in charge, still giving orders, still telling the moon what to do and when, still looking out for His children, still interested in hearing about our smallest and biggest concerns, still able to carry us over the rough places.

“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing” (Job 26:7).

I didn’t interrupt the family gathering, but this thought has stayed with me all day: Why do we worry and fret? God is so much bigger than we can comprehend. No matter what may come, or who may go, if we’ve committed our lives to Him, we are in gentle and capable hands.

The song, "Somebody Bigger than You and I," written by Johnny Lange, is an oldie, but its message is timeless:

Who made the mountains, who made the trees
Who made the rivers flow to the sea
And who hung the moon and the stars in the sky
Somebody bigger than you and I
Who made the flowers bloom in the spring
Who made the song for the robins to sing
And who sends the rain when the earth is dry
Somebody bigger than you and I

Who lights the way when the road is long
Keeps you company
With love to guide you
He walks beside you
Just like He walks with me

When I am weary, filled with despair
Who gives me courage to go on from there
And who gives me faith that will never die
Somebody bigger than you and I

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Linking up with Lorraine for “Think on these Things.”