Saturday, January 28, 2017

Science has brought us some marvelous innovations in the last few years and  the  one that amazes me most is the Hubble Space Telescope.  What a wonder of wonders!  We can actually see things through infra-red technology that are 12 billion light years away.   That's twelve billion times six trillion miles.  Who can comprehend that? A light year is the distant that light will travel in one year at 186, 282 miles per second.  Through this telescope we can see nebulae, supernovas, blackholes, distant solar systems.  Even in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a star named Eta Carinae that is five million times brighter than our sun.  If you are interested go on-line to the Hubble Space Telescope site and check-out the jaw-dropping photographs. Our habituation of course is planet Earth which is one of the smaller planets in a very small solar system compared to others that have been discovered.  When we think of the vastness that lies outside of planet earth  and how small that each of us is on this tiny planet we have to remember that it is not about us.  It's about God.  The Bible says, "The heavens declare the glory of God." and "Lift up your eyes and see who created these things".  The things that God created communicate His Majesty and Glory.