Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Swiftly Tilting Planet

Madelline L'Engle wrote a book with this title. She passed on to write in heaven
recently; her creative genius will be missed!
The title came to mind while I was reading The Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan
Manning. let me share a brief paragraph from the book....

   The earth's weight has been estimated at six million tons (that's a six with 21 zeros).  Yet it is
perfectly balanced and turns easily on its axis. It revolves daily at the rate of more than 1,000
miles per hour or 25,000 miles each day. This adds up to 9 million miles a year. Considering
the tremendous weight of six sextillion tons rolling at this fantastic speed around an invisible
axis, held in place by unseen bands of gravitation, the words of Job 26:7 take on an
unparalleled significance: "He poised the earth on nothingness."    

I am sure that you have read many accounts of the unbelievable majesty of
God's creation. There are many many examples of our big blue planet being
just within the parameters of allowing for life. Many of these facts are provided 
by men of science who then go on to suggest that we are dealing with mere
happenstance.

The image of the earth taken at moon rise from the moon itself is probably one of
of the most amazing images I have ever seen. Yes, man made that trip to the moon
with scientific excellence, but he couldn't have even left the atmosphere without
creative genius provided by God.

At the other extreme, of course, is the amazing nano world; the cell, which when
one studies, becomes not only the building block of our existence, but also a
miniature "solar system" in itself.

These are simply a  couple of examples of the wondrous creative power of        
our majestic God. Sometimes we look at the enormity of the known universe
and feel small and insignificant. We ought to look at the immense power of
our Creator with the realization that each of us matters to Him. We are, after
all, His very creation.

Makes me just smile!

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