Last Monday at Scouts, we had Jim Waldrip come and share his knowledge of the stars so that the boys could work for their Astronomy Merit Badge (no grace, there - you have to work for it - that's why it's called a "MERIT" badge!).
I was reminded of a picture.
Above is a New Mexico Quarter (Go, Zia!). It's almost an inch in diameter. It's the perfect item to show you the economy of scale and our place in the Universe.
Ponder with me: if our Solar System were represented by this quarter - and our solar system is about 50 Astronomical Units or 5.58 Billions miles in diameter - what would be the size of the Milky Way Galaxy at that monetary scale? If you said Texas, you'd be wrong - not even Alaska. It would be the size of North America.
Put a dot in the middle of a quarter (representing our Sun), go outside, put it on the ground, and imagine a picture from the moon so that you can clearly see all of North America. Try to see that quarter. Funny, huh? Imagine trying to see earth - even funnier. Imagine now how important your life is.
And grasp this: to God, it is indescribably important.
Louis Giglio said, "We are known and prized by Majesty ..." and he is so right. Not because he has a big imagination, but because the Bible states in Isaiah 40:
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
If you are losing faith. If you are feeling abandoned. Borrow a little faith ... and a quarter.
Walk outside. Imagine the earth and your address ... and imagine the AWESOME creative power of God and where you are ... The Cross demonstrates that - indeed - you are known and prized by Majesty.
Love Him for loving you.
Praise Him because you should.
Trust Him because you can.
Never apologize for allowing your life to take the natural consequence of that belief. For truly, that is all that matters.
Not to you - but to our Helper, Maker, Redeemer and Friend.
I was reminded of a picture.
Above is a New Mexico Quarter (Go, Zia!). It's almost an inch in diameter. It's the perfect item to show you the economy of scale and our place in the Universe.
Ponder with me: if our Solar System were represented by this quarter - and our solar system is about 50 Astronomical Units or 5.58 Billions miles in diameter - what would be the size of the Milky Way Galaxy at that monetary scale? If you said Texas, you'd be wrong - not even Alaska. It would be the size of North America.
Put a dot in the middle of a quarter (representing our Sun), go outside, put it on the ground, and imagine a picture from the moon so that you can clearly see all of North America. Try to see that quarter. Funny, huh? Imagine trying to see earth - even funnier. Imagine now how important your life is.
And grasp this: to God, it is indescribably important.
Louis Giglio said, "We are known and prized by Majesty ..." and he is so right. Not because he has a big imagination, but because the Bible states in Isaiah 40:
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and complain, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
If you are losing faith. If you are feeling abandoned. Borrow a little faith ... and a quarter.
Walk outside. Imagine the earth and your address ... and imagine the AWESOME creative power of God and where you are ... The Cross demonstrates that - indeed - you are known and prized by Majesty.
Love Him for loving you.
Praise Him because you should.
Trust Him because you can.
Never apologize for allowing your life to take the natural consequence of that belief. For truly, that is all that matters.
Not to you - but to our Helper, Maker, Redeemer and Friend.
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