North From The South, Or East From The West

Have you ever thought about this?


Suppose you were to decide to go on a journey. Suppose further, that you were only going to travel in one direction--let's say north.


So you set off on your journey traveling north. Perhaps you travel a very long time, but at some point in time, if you travel long enough, you can no longer travel north. At some point in time, you arrive at the northern most point and can go no further in that direction.


The same is true if you decided to travel south. At some point you could no longer travel south. And so the distance between the furthest point north and the furthest point south is a finite distance.


Now suppose you decide to travel east. Did you ever stop to think that you could travel east until you dropped dead from exhaustion or old age, and never arrive at the furthest place east?


And the same is true if you travelled west. So, we can assume the distance between east and west is infinite.


So why does this fascinate me?


It has to do with the following passage from Psalm 103: 11-13 (NKJ)



"For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
As a father pities his children,
So the LORD pities those who fear Him."





I am so glad the writer didn't say "as far as the north is from the south"!



For me, it is a wonderfully reassuring mental picture of my God's love for me.

Author's note: This was originally published on my blog on www.Tobri.com