HEAVEN TO EARTH, EAST TO WEST
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Two distances are described here: heavens above the earth and East from the west. For David could look into the night sky and see its vastness and understand this comparison to the steadfast love of God.
Today you and I, not only can look into the same sky, but let me show you a picture from the Hubble telescope. This image is a small slice of the sky, in fact one thirteen-millionth of the sky and it contains an
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