Psalm 8:1–4 (NIV)
1LORD,
our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the
earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
2Through the praise of children and infants you have
established a stronghold against your enemies, to
silence the foe and the avenger.
3When
I consider your heavens, the work of your
fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in
place,
4what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
Psalm 8:3–4 (The Message)
3I
look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous,
your hand-made sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted
in their settings.
4Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you
bother with us? Why take a second look our way?
Genesis 1:1 (NLT)
1In
the beginning God created the heavens and
the earth.
Isaiah 40:12–26 (NLT)
12Who
else has held the oceans in his hand? Who has
measured off the heavens with his fingers? Who else knows
the weight of the earth or has weighed the mountains and
hills on a scale?
13Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD? Who knows
enough to give him advice or teach him?
14Has
the LORD ever needed anyone’s advice? Does
he need instruction about what is good? Did
someone teach him what is right or show him the
path of justice?
15No, for all the nations of the world are but a drop
in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on
the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it
were a grain of sand.
22God
sits above the circle of the earth. The people
below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out
the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from
them.
23He judges the great people of the world and brings
them all to nothing.
24They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he
blows on them and they wither. The wind carries
them off like chaff.
25“To
whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?”
asks the Holy One.
26Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars?
He brings them out like an army, one after another,
calling each by its name. Because of his great power
and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.
Psalm 33:13–15 (NLT)
13The
LORD looks down from heaven and sees the
whole human race.
14From his throne he observes all who live on the
earth.
15He made their hearts, so he understands
everything they do.
John 1:1–5 (NLT)
1In
the beginning the Word already existed. The Word
was with God, and the Word was God.
2He existed in the beginning with God.
3God created everything through him, and nothing
was created except through him.
4The
Word gave life to everything that was created,
and his life brought light to everyone.
5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness
can never extinguish it.
John 1:10–14 (NLT)
10He
came into the very world he created, but the
world didn’t recognize him.
11He came to his own people, and even they rejected
him.
12But to all who believed him and accepted him, he
gave the right to become children of God.
13They
are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting
from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes
from God.
14So the Word became human and made his home
among us. He was full of unfailing love and
faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of
the Father’s one and only Son.
1 John 1:1–7 (NLT)
1We proclaim to you the one who existed from the
beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw
him with our own eyes and touched him with our
own hands. He is the Word of life.
2This
one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we
have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to
you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with
the Father, and then he was revealed to us.
Down from His glory
William Booth-Clibborn - 1921
Down from His glory,
Ever living story,
My God and Savior came,
And Jesus was His name.
Born in a manger,
To His own a stranger,
A Man of sorrows, tears and agony.
O how I love Him!
How I adore Him!
My breath, my sunshine, my all in all!
The great Creator became my Savior,
And all God’s fullness dwelleth in Him.