Message Notes "I Didn't Know You Felt That Way" Psalm 8
not time for all 150 song tracks
headings for some Psalms = credits movie / instructions; sing "gittith" tune
HUMOR Ben & church camp familiar songs to other tunes "Amazing Grace" to tune "Gilligan's Island"
Psalm 8 we can imagine majestic tune Beethoven Fifth, How Great Thou Art
v1 starts like cantata, symphony
ILLUSTRATION Apollo 8 Christmas Eve orbited moon each astronaut reading from Gen1
Psalm 19:1 heaven-sky declare-proclaim-communicate
v3-4 contrast human with God
v5-8 responsibility
v9 recap v1
Eugene Peterson Pastor Christ Our King Bel Air wrote Bible paraphrase The Message
Psalm 8 restates Genesis 1
meaning? ruler KJV dominion
God wants you to CARE FOR HIS CREATION
TAKEAWAY creation care - God delegated stewardship; "green initiative" Lake Erie / Cuyahoga River caught fire; stewards not because trendy or political issue; Christians ,
took wrong side because we didn't want be tree-hugger, environmental eco-terrorist
TAKEAWAY examples Christians wrong in treating poor, women, race
don't worry about labels, do what God wants
People misconception God that He separate from us
God want you to know HE CARES FOR YOU
100 seconds
1000 seconds 16min
1000000 seconds 11.5days
1000000000 seconds 31yrs
1000000000000 seconds 31millenia
ILLUSTRATION "sunshine on my shoulder" speed of light takes 8+ minutes for sunshine to get here from 93M miles
STATS astronomy galaxies: Milky Way, size, number
Isaiah 40:26
Psalm 8:4 who am I
God creates earth, nature... you&me
last thing in list most important
David rivalry w/  Saul for kingship of Israel
Saul's son Jonathan is David's best friend in spite of his father's feud.
Jonathan's son Mephibosheth only one of family that survives war
2 Samuel 4 as a 5yr old boy Mephibosheth dropped by nurse while fleeing war.
2 Samuel 9:11,13 Mephibosheth eats @ table king = "I didn' know you felt that way"
Great King invites us eat w/ Him
You are the child the King loves!
Some rabbis have 2sided stone one side Psa8 / one side Psa 90  "I am dust&ashes"
Psalms has both those messages: when we need to be encouraged, when we need to be humbles.