1/ Imagine yourself.
Now imagine 당신 in your family, and then your family inside of your city.
2/ Again, imagine your city.
Now, imagine your city inside of your state, and your state inside of your country.
Feeling small yet?
3/ Return to imagining your country, and then picture your country on our planet, and our planet in our solar system.
4/ Multiply our solar system 의해 a few hundred thousand, and you'll start to understand how big our galaxy is.
5/ Multiply our galaxy by, well, infinity, and 당신 still can't grasp how big our universe is.
또는 how many alternate universes there are, if 당신 wanna bring the String Theory into this.
6/ With all your imagination, imagine something bigger, older, nicer, wiser, and all-around better than yourself and our universe.
That, multiplied 의해 infinity to the power of pi is just a portion of how big God Almighty is.
If you've read 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy', you're aware of that machiney-thingey that makes 당신 feel so small, your soul dies.
And while OUR God wouldn't kill our soul with a dreadful machine, the same principle still applies;
There is, in fact, something bigger than you, and that something is better than 당신 in every way.
Even if 당신 don't beleive in God, the same still applies. The universe is bigger than you.
Unless, of course, you're a solipist, in which case 당신 don't beleive that anything 또는 anyone besides yourself exists.
Don't get me wrong, a little pride in what God gave 당신 is okay; that's self-esteem.
It's just when we start to think that the object of our pride is completely derived from our own planning is when we start to get into the red.
Now imagine 당신 in your family, and then your family inside of your city.
2/ Again, imagine your city.
Now, imagine your city inside of your state, and your state inside of your country.
Feeling small yet?
3/ Return to imagining your country, and then picture your country on our planet, and our planet in our solar system.
4/ Multiply our solar system 의해 a few hundred thousand, and you'll start to understand how big our galaxy is.
5/ Multiply our galaxy by, well, infinity, and 당신 still can't grasp how big our universe is.
또는 how many alternate universes there are, if 당신 wanna bring the String Theory into this.
6/ With all your imagination, imagine something bigger, older, nicer, wiser, and all-around better than yourself and our universe.
That, multiplied 의해 infinity to the power of pi is just a portion of how big God Almighty is.
If you've read 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy', you're aware of that machiney-thingey that makes 당신 feel so small, your soul dies.
And while OUR God wouldn't kill our soul with a dreadful machine, the same principle still applies;
There is, in fact, something bigger than you, and that something is better than 당신 in every way.
Even if 당신 don't beleive in God, the same still applies. The universe is bigger than you.
Unless, of course, you're a solipist, in which case 당신 don't beleive that anything 또는 anyone besides yourself exists.
Don't get me wrong, a little pride in what God gave 당신 is okay; that's self-esteem.
It's just when we start to think that the object of our pride is completely derived from our own planning is when we start to get into the red.
This does NOT belong to me. I heard it at a church camp. It comes from a book somewhere. May be slightly different.
As fellow believers, what is the best thing we can do for one another? A teacher once asked this to his Bible class. Some of the suggestions were: being a friend to someone, sticking up for the bullied kid and handing out Bible tracts.
But a point was made that 당신 wouldn't necessarily have to be a Christian to do these things. Then a girl spoke up and suggested praying for someone. They discussed this idea and found that it was the best answer.
Now why is praying the best thing we can do for someone? It is because we are offering them God's help, instead of human help. There is only so much humans can do, but God can do anything. So pray for a friend today!
As fellow believers, what is the best thing we can do for one another? A teacher once asked this to his Bible class. Some of the suggestions were: being a friend to someone, sticking up for the bullied kid and handing out Bible tracts.
But a point was made that 당신 wouldn't necessarily have to be a Christian to do these things. Then a girl spoke up and suggested praying for someone. They discussed this idea and found that it was the best answer.
Now why is praying the best thing we can do for someone? It is because we are offering them God's help, instead of human help. There is only so much humans can do, but God can do anything. So pray for a friend today!