If you breathe, praise God

In Psalm 8, David, gazing upon the stars in the sky, marvels at God's infinite power. It probably benefits us spiritual to occasionally gaze upon the night sky, and ponder what power could have created even that infinitesimally small part of the universe that we can actually see!

But pondering that infinite power leads to an obvious question, which David asks God in verse 4 (NLT),

What are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    human beings that you should care for them?

Indeed. If God can create the expanse of the universe, why does he bother with something as insignificant as us? The answer, simply enough, is that God loves us. It's a type of infinite love that our finite minds can't possibly process.

Even though we can't process that infinite love, we can be thankful for it. God took a bunch of molecules, and breathed life into them, creating us and making us part of his plan. So regardless of our personal circumstances, let us turn to the last verse in the Psalms (Psalm 150:6, NLT), and offer this simple prayer of praise:

Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord.