Psalm 8

Prayer Is Building

As a child, I remember feeling quite insignificant. I heard many phrases that resulted in the overall view of myself being small and irrelevant. “Who do you think you are?” “Children should be seen and not heard.” “Quiet mouth is golden mouth.” Names like rug rat, yard monkey ankle biter, and snot nose brat didn’t do much for my self esteem either.

Thank God for God! He loves all of his children, no matter how old we are, and regardless of what we have been though. He invites us to be His own, despite our shortcomings and sinful nature. Psalm 8: 3 “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him.”

As we grow older, begin to contemplate our place in this world, and long for purpose, we marvel at the beauty of this earth. God’s great power and creativity can be seen in what He has made, yet even more amazing is that small, seemingly insignificant beings like us matter to Him.

As we pray, we build our relationship with the Lord, and find comfort in his words of mercy and compassion. We begin to understand that the trials of this life have purpose. Our stairway to heaven is built one step at a time. We realize that on this earth we may feel unimportant, and our actions appear trivial in comparison to others, but in the eyes of the Lord of all the earth, our names and our hurts are important and very significant.

Who am I? I am His.

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