Twice, David uses metaphors to express the greatness of God’s love and mercy.

The first metaphor, highlighting the distance between heaven and earth, tells us of the astounding, infinite magnitude of God’s love for us.

The second metaphor plays on the fact that the east and the west are two points that never converge. Like parallel lines, they are eternally apart. In the same way, our sins have been forgiven and infinitely removed from us, for all of eternity, because of Jesus.

We will never be able to fully grasp the depth of God’s love, but whether we are dancing on mountaintops or deep in the storms of life – remember that He does!