I love to think about the greatness of God, though I realize it is an inexhaustible subject and I know we finite beings can never begin to fathom that which is infinite. Our efforts to delve into it are poor at best, but I enjoy wading along the edge of that vast ocean, gathering from the beautifully polished pebbles of truth that I am occasionally blest to discover there.

From the morning of time saints of every generation have related to their children some of the glorious things God has done, and great minds have meditated upon the splendor, majesty and glory of His miraculous works. His awe-inspiring deeds have been on many a tongue through the centuries and untold volumes have been written about His greatness and the wondrous examples thereof. I often think of the unspeakable magnitude of His love, mercy and kindness to a wretch like me, and have marveled at how gentle and tender His chastening's have been. His compassion has been intermingled with everything He has ever done in behalf of His people, and He is good to all.

This greatness is seen in everything around us—the sweetness of a baby's smile, the twinkle of a billion stars, the flowers of the field so perfectly arrayed, the birds that are painted with the Master's brush and whose songs are given by Heaven's Musician. It is felt in the gentle touch of a soothing breeze, and the light and warmth of the glowing sun. These and countless other things gloriously declare the greatness of God, and this is to say nothing of the untold spiritual blessings with which He has graciously loaded us.

Unenlightened men may speak disparagingly of Him and talk of all He would do if we would only allow Him, but this is as a foreign tongue to those who have been laid low in the dust of self abasement and blest to see Him "high and lifted up." They cannot speak so meanly of Him, but must ever say, "The Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods" (Psalms. 95:3), "clothed with honor and majesty" (104:1), "the Great, the Mighty God" (Jeremiah. 32:18). May He help us to magnify His glorious name?   —Elder Ralph Harris