I remember playing with neighborhood friends many years ago during summer break, and our mothers would take turns making lunch for us. One of the mothers would always watch a soap opera called “As the World Turns.” It began with a picture of the world spinning against a dark background. That image stuck with me as I entered 3rd grade and noticed a rather large globe sitting on a table at the front of the classroom. I remember being fascinated with the visual of seeing the various continents and vast bodies of water. The realization set in that I was but one tiny speck on this massive planet Earth.
Thereafter, globes would appear in the Sunday School classroom and one on my bedroom desk. Through various Sunday School lessons and activities, the creation story in the book of Genesis would be studied and how the power of God formed and created everything we live and breathe on this glorious planet and universe. Physically, the world is something so big and vast no one could ever see the whole of it, but I like the song that shows the world is small, after all:
It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears.
It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears.
There’s so much that we share that it’s time we’re aware
it’s a small world after all.
There is just one moon and one golden sun
and a smile means friendship to everyone.
Though the mountains divide and the oceans are wide,
it’s a small world after all.
I accepted Christ as my Savior at the age of 11 and permanently ingrained in my mind and heart was John 3:16; For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (The Living Bible)
Like the song above, my Christian journey has been filled with laughter, tears, hopes, and fears. And also many smiles, which evolved into friendships. Even though mountains and oceans divide us from our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world, we were still made by the one true Living God who loves us all. I hope this Lenten season and beyond, you will join me in praying for all God’s children no matter where in the world they are. It’s small after all.
Robert Fasol, Organist/Choirmaster
