Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“[W]hat are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?”
NL Daily Devotion for Wednesday, September 14, 2022
by Daniel D. Maurer, Clergy Stuff
Like many today, I spend quite a bit of time reading and perusing information online. One infographic I saw on social media caught my attention. I became entranced looking at it for what seemed like hours. It showed the relative size of our solar system when placed into the enormity of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Zooming out further, our galaxy then took up a single pixel on my screen as the Milky Way was placed in perspective of the millions of other galaxies within the known universe.
It is mind-blowing and somewhat terrifying to conceive our lives are only microscopic grains of sand sitting on a beach filled with trillions of other specks. Despite this, we proclaim that God not only acknowledges our lives — with all our fears, joys, wonders, and hopes — but also that God crowns us with the task of tending the earth and being in relationship with God and each other.
Scripture calms our anxieties to remind us that even in the vast infinity of existence, God cares and will always care.
God, you calm my fears with the cries of the infant and in smiles on my friends’ faces. Grant me the conviction that you care for me always. Amen.
