two of fifty-two: greater

g r e a t e r

there are a thousand and one reasons I love alaska. 

one of those reasons my mom pointed out to me the other day (thanks mom) is its vastness.* at any moment in time you are probably fifteen minutes away from views that stretch as far as your eye can see. the land is so much greater than you are; it inspires and humbles at the same time.

I do not usually pick a theme/verse/motto at the beginning of the year. too much changes in twelve months for it to stay applicable, or so I thought. but when I stopped the world and got away to talk to Him, the song "greater is He" by blanca came on my shuffle and my heart grabbed onto it so quickly it seemed I had no choice. 

1 John 4:4

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.

He is greater. greater than my fears. greater than my past. greater than my class schedule. greater than my finances. greater than my exhaustion. greater than my impatience. greater than my limited sight. greater than my little faith. 

you name it. He is greater than ____.

so whether this is my theme for the year or just this coming semester, I am clinging to it. because sometimes when I look life in the face it seems like it is greater than me, and sometimes it is. 

but it is never greater than God. and He is in me.

He is so much greater than life or me; that truth inspires and humbles without fail.

*vastness: I looked it up, its an actual word.