Total Perspective Vortex

"The Total Perspective Vortex, in the fictional world of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is the most horrible device to which a sentient being can be subjected. Located on Frogstar World B, it shows its victim the entire unimaginable infinity of the universe with a very tiny marker that says "You Are Here" which points to a microscopic dot on a microscopic dot. The machine was originally invented by one Trin Tragula in order to annoy his wife. Because she was forever nagging him for having no sense of proportion, he decided to invent something that would show her what having a sense of proportion really meant. Unfortunately the shock of being placed in the Vortex destroyed her brain, but Trin Tragula's grief was tempered by the knowledge that he had been right and she had been wrong. The Total Perspective Vortex had proved that in an infinite universe the one thing sentient life cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion."
commentary on Douglas Adams' Book "The Restaurant at the end of the Universe"

Imagine this. I am a tiny microscopic speck of dust on a planet called Earth which is a tiny microscopic speck of dust in a galaxy. The galaxy in turn, is just one galaxy among the countless millions in the universe. From this perspective, I do not think I am worthy of the attention of the God who actually created the seemingly infinite universe I live in, in fact I think it might be quite forgivable if he actually forgot me. Instead of being in the center of the universe, I am actually at the point which is furthest from it. No wonder when Douglas Adams was creating a torture device for his book, he created one which tells us where we stand in the universe, insignificant and pathetic. But get this.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16

The God who created this universe loved us so much he was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for us. We who are so insignificant with regards to the universe he created, and not to mention rebellious. Perhaps Douglas Adams was wrong, we can afford to have a sense of proportion, it is in fact very healthy I think. Especially when I have a God who loves me to death... Literally.