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Thursday, March 5, 2026
When walking by this monkey puzzle tree, I happened to look up to see a colorful halo around the moon. Just below the moon, Jupiter shines through the clouds as a bright dot. Scenes like this make me think of heaven. These verses seem to fit.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55: 8,9
We might sometimes wonder if God’s commands are important to our everyday situations. I like how these verses point out that our level of thinking does not fully comprehend God’s thoughts. We really should closely examine the core things in the Bible like the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 and God’s command to love our neighbor. There is so much to think about and ponder. But when we do it gives us a clearer lens to view the world.