A MILLION LITTLE MIRACLESSample

God Most Nigh

“How much happier you would be, how much more of you there would be,” said G. K. Chesterton, “if the hammer of a higher God could smash your small cosmos.”

Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley took his first photomicrograph of a snowflake on January 15, 1885. He later wrote:

Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated. When a snow­flake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind.

If a snowflake is more complex than we can imagine, how do we quantify God? The answer is, we don’t. By definition, God is incom­prehensible. His power is unimaginable. His love is immeasurable. His goodness is inconceivable. His mercy is incalculable. I’m running out of adjectives, so I’ll stop there.

The psalmist celebrated this two-sided coin we call the transcendence and immanence of God this way:

God’s love is meteoric,

his loyalty astronomic,

His purpose titanic,

his verdicts oceanic.

Yet in his largeness

nothing gets lost;

Not a man, not a mouse,

slips through the cracks. (Psalm 36:5-6, MSG)

God is great not just because nothing is too big.

God is great because nothing is too small.

That includes the minute details of your life. God knows the num­ber of hairs on your head, before and after you shower. (Luke 12:7) God collects your tears in His bottle. (Psalm 56:8) Your name is written on the palms of His almighty hands. (Isaiah 49:16)

You are seen, heard, and loved by God. God knows you better than you know you! All the days ordained for you were written in His book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:16) And He doesn’t just love you; He actually likes you. In fact, you are His favorite! Of course, so is the person you like the least.

He is an ever-present help in time of need. (Psalm 46:1)

He is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (Proverbs 18:24)

He will never leave you nor forsake you. (Hebrews 13:5)

In what part of your life do need to feel truly known by God right now?