{1000 Gifts} Sweet, Tiny Escape|Jane Caroline

{Blessing #8}

I want to remember the peace I found curled up in my hammock on this surprise spring day. Peering up into this tree all I could think about is how downright tiny I am.

When I was little I would obsess on this topic. I would try to picture the earth as a piece of sand in God’s hand. In my mind I would zoom in to that piece of sand starting with North America, then the US, Missouri, and then into Springfield and inevitably my head would hurt so badly I would have to give up. I would then zoom out again and try to picture how big God was. I could never really picture God like I tried, but each time I realized he was bigger than I ever imagined.

Sometimes those moments when you realize that you’re not the center of the world and that being the center of your world isn’t all that great, are just what we need to place God back in the place of God within our hearts.