Guest devotional by James R. Jones
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? — Psalm 8:3-4
I read recently that if every star in this incredible universe could be made the size of the head of a pin — and then if all these stars could be poured into Miami’s Orange Bowl Stadium (Can you imagine how many stars it would require to make a depth of only one foot?), all these stars would fill the stadium to overflowing… how many times do you think? Once? — twice? — one thousand times? No, more than 3 billion times. Then, keeping this same perspective, our planet Earth would be the approximate size of a grain of sand…. and on this grain of sand are you and I and six billion (sub-microscopic) people. The Bible says God knows the number of hairs on each head. The Bible also tells us that God knows every time a sparrow falls to the ground. Just think that the God who made all these stars and every existing particle of matter, loves each of us intensely. In fact, He loves us so much He commissioned His dear Son to visit this grain of sand. Why? For the expressed purpose of dying for each of us so as to restore our broken fellowship with Him.
Good thoughts, James. More tomorrow …
Be encouraged!
Dwight
PS. I’ve enjoyed this slide show that starts outside our galaxy and moves progressively closer until we look at the inside of a carbon atom. Find it at http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
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