“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. God collects your tears in His bottle. Your name is written on the palms of His hands.”- Mark Batterson
“You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle.”- Psalm 56:8 (ESV)
In his introduction to Part 2 (“God Most Nigh”) of A Million Little Miracles, Mark Batterson notes that 200 varieties of cells exist in the human body. Yet somehow each type of cell knows its destiny. Certainly, we take these microscopic miracles — these great mysteries of life — for granted. Therefore, Mark states, it’s no wonder that Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, referred to the human genome as “the language of God.”
Furthermore, Pastor Batterson contends, one could argue that inner space is more marvelous than outer space. Because inner space not only defies imagination, but it also defies definition.
In addition, an Italian scientist named Amadeo Avogadro (1776-1856) once calculated the number of molecules in one mole of a substance. The number is around 6 times 10 to the twenty-third power — the Avogadro constant.
Also, on January 15, 1885, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley took his first photomicrograph of a snowflake. Because water, even in snowflake form, is not as simple as it seems. And if a drop of water is more complex than we can imagine, how do we quantify God? The answer is, we don’t.
In conclusion, Mark encourages:
“God know you better than you know you! All the days ordained for you were written in His book, before one of them came to be. 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. It’s time to discover the God who is closer than close — God Most Nigh.”
Today’s question: How does it make you feel that God knows the minute details of your life? Please share.
Tomorrow’s blog: “Nuanced gratitude = nuanced joy”