I am reliably informed by Stephen Fry that the word “lard” comes from the ancient Greek for ‘dainty’.
Hilarious! You couldn’t write it! (Although I just did… and of course, so he did he. Darn!)

This morning Tom was in fine voice. At full throttle, whilst putting away some crockery from the dishwasher, he was singing, “Our God is a great big God…”

When he got to the verses, the words seemed to get a bit, well, hazy…
Truth be told, I sensed a bit of poetic license:

“He’s higher than a submarine and he’s deeper than a kangaroo…”

After which we were treated to the line,
“He’s wider than a big strong girl…”

I am not sure that the writer of this song penned those actual lines?!
I am heartily sure that God is ALL of these things. (It would be hard not to be higher than a submarine and deeper than a kangaroo, especially if you were God. So fair play.)

I LOVED the implication that God is wider than a big strong girl though. That made Jon and I roar with laughter. I have blogged before that we don’t allow the children to call anyone *fat.* We use the word ‘strong’ instead. Remember? So what Tom was singing made total sense to him.
Not only is God higher than submarines and has more girth than a kangaroo (even a strong one) He is also wider than the most rotund girl Tom could ever imagine. Surely that is impressive to a small boy?!

We can very easily forget the size and the majesty of God. We can look at our lives and the issues we face; the crumbling relationship, the church politics, the health issue, the business failure, the car breakdown or whatever is facing us… we can make that bigger than God in our minds.

Remind yourself today that God is deeper than a kangaroo and wider than a big strong girl!
Whatever you face, He is heavy enough to displace it. He is able! He is willing! He is with you! He is on your side!