I am itty-bitty!

Everyday, I walk to class, and I see a ton of people. There's people walking around, people in taxis, people in combis, people selling food... basically, there's just a lot of people! I come in contact with some many people everyday! Some of them, like the ones I see on the street or at the university, I don't know at all, but they have become a part of my environment. Others, like my classmates and my friends and family here, I do know and am getting to know them better and better everyday.

It is crazy to me to think about the fact that less than two months ago, I didn't know any of these people. I had never seen them before, and moreover, I had never even really thought about them at all. They were not part of my reality. But, that doesn't change the fact that they were here! They were in the combis and the classrooms that I see and sit in everyday now.

By coming here, my world has gotten so much bigger. And, at the same time, I am realizing how very small I am. For the past 22 years of my life, things have been going on here in Arequipa. My family and professors and classmates and friends have been living and doing things, and I never knew about any of it! To me, my reality was in Lansing, Illinois. That's all I thought about. But... there's so much more than Lansing! There are people all over the world! Sure, I knew that. But now that I see that, it makes me see things a bit differently. Suddenly, I am beginning to realize how little and limited my reality is.

Google tells me that population of the world is about 6,973,738,433 people. I make up 1.43 x 10^-7% of the population of the world. And... a very very large percentage of my thoughst are about me, even though I make up a very very small percentage of the people on this planet.

The more I realize how small I am, the more I realize how ENORMOUS God is. Oh wow! Really, He is gigantically big!!!

The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. (Psalm 33:13)

God can see ALL OF US at once! That is... really cool! I can hardly think about more than one person at a time, but God knows each of us intimately and is aware of every breath that we take. That is a LOT of people to see all at once.

I am really little. And I am loved by a God who is really big.