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BE BLOWN AWAY

Posted by Jud Wilhite:

On any given night, it is estimated you can see about 30 stars from downtown New York City, about 3,000 from most rural areas, and up to 30 billion with a large telescope. We do not know how many stars exist, but we know there are over 200 billion stars in our galaxy alone. One of the largest known stars has a diameter of almost a billion miles!

An explosion of energy on the surface of the sun, known as a solar flare, recently sent a magnetic cloud toward the earth at a million miles per hour. The cloud was over 30 million miles in diameter. Think of the size and speed of this cloud and remember that God is bigger and faster.

Richard Swenson writes: “If we witness a magnetic cloud thirty million miles in diameter moving a million miles per hour—is God bigger than that? Can He move faster than that? If the center of the sun has temperature of fifteen million degrees centigrade and pressures of seven trillion pounds per square inch—could God walk into the core of the sun, take a nap, and walk back out? Every impressive structure or event in the universe should remind us of a God who is greater than all his works.”

Maybe if I regularly spent more time beholding the vast expanse of the starry heavens—and meditated on the sovereign God who established them and upholds them—I would spend less time questioning his ability to control things in my life.

Maybe we all need to look up tonight at the stars and be blown away again?

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 Posted by: uberVU – social comments // February 4th, 2010 at 10:54 pm>

totally. very cool thoughts. as a scientist and engineer, i have to constantly remind myself that the wonderous things of nature are supposed to remind me of God.

 Posted by: mohan37 // February 5th, 2010 at 5:00 am>

What an amazing thing to ponder about! To be honest, I do catch and find myself gazing up in the sky to stare at the stars. The closer to the strip you get, you really can't see them; however, up here near the mountains where I live they are clear as day and I find it to relaxing and calming. It brings back to my center knowing God created all of that beauty.

 Posted by: roblesb // February 5th, 2010 at 10:44 am>

Too hard to wrap your head around…When I think of God, Supernatural comes to mind always….need I say more?

 Posted by: lisachristopher // February 5th, 2010 at 10:48 am>

Abraham was blown away when God took him outside at night to look at the Milky Way (Genesis 15:5). I wonder how many of us have seen it–not many I reckon. Light pollution and air pollution block most stars from being seen from Atlanta, where I live. Check out the article at National Geographic (http://bit.ly/aulAbd) and the accompanying (mind-blowing) photo gallery (http://bit.ly/9oPIWC)

 Posted by: Rusty Pritchard // February 5th, 2010 at 2:43 pm>

Thanks all…

roblesb, so true about seeing the stars from the mountains more than the strip…

Rusty, Great reminder of Abraham being told to look up at the stars and God confirming his promise! Love it!

 Posted by: Jud Wilhite // February 5th, 2010 at 4:25 pm>

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