My brain cannot grasp infinity. And I have tried. I was a math whiz in school and loved solving math problems. I used to travel around the state with some fellow students to compete in Mathlete competitions. Great fun.

But I still couldn’t really wrap my head around infinity. How can pi have an infinite number of decimal places? How can 1/x never quite reach 0 no matter how large I make x (or as x approaches infinity)? How can it be that no matter how small I cut a piece of pie, I can still cut the piece in half (theoretically)?

Infinity, to my human brain, is an idea. And that’s all it can be. I might as well try to divide 1 by beauty. It just doesn’t compute.

But to God, infinity is an ordinary fact of life. He is infinite, and He created an infinite space for us, as far as we can tell. It must be mind-blowing to be an astronaut looking out into the darkness beyond earth. Does it end? Where does it end? How can it not end?!

“When I observe your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him?”
‭‭(Psalms‬ ‭8‬:‭3‬-‭4,‬ ‭CSB)‬‬

Despite the enormity of God’s creation, from the incomprehensible vastness of outer space to the infinite smallness of the space between our molecules and everything that exists in between, God notices little, old me. And not only does He notice me, He is interested in me. He cares about me. He loves me. He wants a relationship with me. And the same is true for you.

That is almost as mind-boggling as the idea of infinity.

Dear God,

You blow my mind. When I try to understand even basic facts about your creation, I am hopelessly lost. But I am so glad that I am not insignificant to you. What a joy that you consider me, that you look after me, that you actually love me. Thank you.