God of the Universe

"When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You visit him?"
Psalm 8:3&4 NKJV

I have learned one great thing in all my years of being a Christian: You cannot put God in a box. He does not fit into the limited view that a human mind can conjure. Our God is the God of everything. He created the universe, the stars, the planets, and everything contained within them. This he did by only the words he spoke. What an amazing God we have. With that in mind, let's think outside of our own little God boxes for a moment.
    Consider this: The universe is full of life. When God creates something, it is always endowed with life. This is true of everything that we know about the universe. First, think of the immensity of the universe. We live on one planet within one solar system, with one star to light and warm us. Within our own galaxy, the Milky Way, there are billions of stars and billions of solar systems, meaning there are countless planets. In the universe, there are billions of galaxies. The universe is immense, and God created it all. Everything in the universe has life. The stars generate heat and light all the time. They are alive with just the right mix of elements to create a life cycle that lasts thousands or even millions of years. The planets have life of their own. Many planets have heat and water sources in their cores. These give life to the planets, creating water, ice, brilliant landscapes, and self-perpetuating energy. Even planets in our own solar systems that were once thought to be simply dead rocks, have been observed to have winds, seismic and volcanic activity, and dramatic weather patterns. Although this does not seem like the kind of life we think of, it is still life. It is continual energy in motion, the very foundations of life.
    Now consider this: The God who created this nearly infinite universe, thinks about you all the time. Incredible, isn't it? Scientists and others argue that the universe surely has other planets like ours with civilizations as we have. Yet, if we think outside the God box, we can see that he may have created this entire universe for our pleasure and well-being. And he may have created other universes as well. There is no end to an infinite God. There is nothing that the human mind can conceive that even approaches the possibilities of what God has done and will do.
    When I think about these things, I have to say as David did, that they are too lofty for me to understand. But there is an amazing peace to know that this incredible, all-powerful God is in love with me, so much so, that he thinks about me...often. He is indeed, the God of the universe, but he is also the God of my heart. So big, yet so personal. This is our God and he does not fit into any box!