August 26, 2018
Microscopic Giants
“What kind of giants does God mean to fall by your hand?”
That question in church this morning instantly made a crazy mental picture. I saw the mold spores that constantly attack my body and affect my breathing marching like microscopic Goliaths toward my lungs.
The words of the last praise song caught my mind, “This is how we battle… I may look surrounded but I am surrounded by You (God)…”
So in my mental picture, thousands of bright lights like electric flashes start shooting the microscopic Goliaths and keep them from my lungs. I imagine my lungs are Elisha and God’s armies are fighting for me. This is how we battle… with faith, prayer, hope, love; our worship.
Weird? Silly? A little of both. But though it seems trite, it’s what I saw. Sometimes overactive imaginations and cartoonish images are what God uses to remind us that He is bigger than anything. It’s easy for me to trust in the big things, but how about realizing that God isn’t too big to take the time to destroy the things we think are microscopic in the grand scheme of things? I am someone who is quick to think, “Lots of people deal with medical conditions that are far worse than this,” and I discount that my issue is not important enough for God. Sometimes just because I can use medicines to manage my symptoms makes me think I should just deal with it. So at times, I will relegate my issues to being microscopic in the scheme of the world.
What is important to us (and yes, breathing unaided is a very important thing to me!) is always important to God. He says he knows the numbers of the hairs on our head… that in itself is awesome to me.
Thank you, God, for reminding me that You do care for all parts of us. Thank you for this amazing life, for removing the shackles keeping us from dancing, for giving us hope, joy, and peace, and for giving us a wonderful community to be a part of!
Thanks for reading!
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~Nancy Tart