[Discoveries] 12-26-07 Stadiums and baby blankets 1-2 -- Psalm 8:3-4

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/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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