This past week on the Pale Blue Dot....

Note the tiny dot.

What is it? It is a picture of the planet Earth, from roughly 4 billion miles away. The furthest picture ever taken of Earth. This picture was taken from Voyager in 1990. NASA has named this picture, the Pale Blue Dot.

This week, I purchased my first home. I'm very excited about this and the opportunities it will bring in the way of service and ministry.

This week, I got sick. Sick, like, every muscle hurts, and you can't keep anything down, and you don't want to get out of bed sick.

This week, I heard my favorite speaker, Louie Giglio. This is a true man of God! (In case you aren't placing the name...he helped start Passion!)

This week, the winter Olympics started in Italy.

This week, two of my best friends from college got engaged. Kevin asked for Teresa's hand. It was so romantic how he did it. I'm so proud of both of them, I love both of them very much. Christ has worked through both of their lives in an obvious & brilliant way, as only the Creator can. The effectiveness of their individual ministries will be beautifully blended together by the Supreme Author into an awesome unified ministry. Glory abounds in the future of these two souls, brought together to serve Christ as one. God Bless you Both! (Please see Teresa & Kevin's Blogs for more details on the engagement).

This week was definitely a rollercoster. This week, I had ups, and I had downs. This week I was reminded of the HUGENESS of God. (Thanks to Louie Giglio for pointing out these pictures, facts, thoughts!) My father, who is so huge that he measures the galaxy with is fingers.

Take a look at this Galaxy, it is called the Whirlpool Galaxy.

Those red things...stars being born. Isn't that amazing?! It is 31 Million Lightyears away from Earth. It is 30,000 Lightyears across!! Now, take a closer look at the center of this galaxy, with this zoomed in picture taken by Hubble...

NASA calls it an X. But, I think I take note of something else in this creation...

But, despite the Greatness of my creator, he still cares for me. Who, by the way, if God is holding collections of stars in His palms, makes me very, very, very, very, very, very small. Do you know how big the universe is? I don't. It was explained to me by Louie this week that our galaxy, our home neighborhood, the milky way, could be represented by a U.S. Quarter. The 'known' Universe, the North American Continent. Feeling small yet? I know I do. Yet, a God that Big...(Bigger than the collective thoughts of anyone who could read this)...loved me the same. He came down to Earth, a speck on that Quarter, and died for me. He died for you too! He took on our form, experienced our life, and took on all of our sins. All the sins of the Pale Blue Dot.........

Thank You Father!