Meteoric and Titanic (11/8/2026)

I turned over the page on my daily scripture calendar and read:

“God’s love is meteoric. His loyalty is astronomic. His purpose is titanic. His verdicts oceanic. Yet in His largeness, nothing gets lost…How exquisite Your love, O LORD! How eager we are to run under your wings.”

And I immediately stopped, pondered, and smiled. Yes, that is my LORD! Yes, because He is who He is, I feel free to be me.

The passage is a paraphrase of Psalm 36:6-8 from The Message (MSG), a reading Bible translated from original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts into contemporary and conversational English by Eugene Peterson. I looked again at the words:

·       Meteoric literally means to move, develop or achieve success with great speed and intensity;

·       Astronomic literally means inconceivably vast;

·       Titanic literally refers to someone or something of great magnitude, force, power or size;

·       Oceanic is a term used to describe something so immensely large and great that it is boundless.

This month marks a special time in our spiritual journeys. We are midway through Autumn, a time of remembering our spring and summer but preparing for our winter. It brings the end of our liturgical year, so we are reminded of the “end time” and of the need to remain vigilant. November is a time when we remember those before us – the Saints, the Departed Souls. We also remember our Vets who have served to keep us safe and free. It is a month marked for giving thanks sincerely and whole-heartedly.

While I will continue to use my usual translation (New American) of Psalms 36:

LORD, your mercy reaches to heaven; your fidelity to the clouds.

Your justice is like the highest mountains; your judgments like the mighty deep;

Human beings and beasts your sustain, LORD.

How precious is your mercy, O God!

The children of Adam take refuge in the shadow of your wings…

I will remember this one and how I felt when I read it the first time. This translation helps me better grasp how great my LORD is and how my LORD uses that greatness in love, love even for me, so inconsequential, so not great. It elevates my sense of wonder and of gratitude. Because it makes me see deeper into the connection between my LORD and me. Without Him, I would not be. Without Him, I could never be me. It was He who called me into being and wove my purpose within me.

As we continue our spiritual journeys during this wonderful month of November, let us use this special time to truly and deeply consider the LORD, the LORD’s power and presence – manifestations of His love and who we are because of Him. And finally, let us consider who we are called to be eternally as the Almighty Father’s daughters and son and sisters and brothers of our Savior, Jesus Christ. And lastly, let us “run under Your wings,” O LORD.

Until tomorrow, let us all love well.