Let There Be Light
Every so often the world of science will come along with another expose of how this world and universe was created. This week the Time Magazine has brought some more of the theories to the forefront for us to consider. In the September 4, 2006 edition there is a good story about the most recent investigations by theorists and astronomers – and great story tellers. It certainly expands your thinking along this topic.
Here is a quote from the article…
“So far, however, even the mightiest telescopes haven't been able to penetrate into that murky era. "We have a photo album of the universe," says Avi Loeb, a theoretical astrophysicist at Harvard University, "but it's missing pages--as though you had pictures of a child as an infant and then as a teenager, with nothing in between.” – (Michael Lemonick – Time article "Let There Be Light"Sept. 4, 2004)
In the article he has referred to the Big Bang explanation of how it all happened. Apparently with the most recent “find” of a distant group of bodies far from our little earth – they are closer now to “proving” what their theory is all about.
On My Side of the Universe…
This morning I have been sitting in our front room with the sun streaming through the window. There is a small amount of dust in the air that the sun has caught falling through the room. On the table in front of me I can see small particles of dust. If I look closely I can see one small particle of dust at the very back of the table. The angle of the sun’s rays has caught it perfectly today. Now I have just tried to take a photo of that speck of dust. I have downloaded it to my computer and then brought it up on my computer screen with the finest resolution I have available on this machine. As I look closely – using the reasoning and logic and theories that the greatest theorists that have ever lived …. I can almost get a clear idea of how this room was made… and for that matter how the house was constructed on our street.
The one thing that I have missed with this inspection of the dust particle is so simple. Who was/is the contractor and builder of the house? There had to be a person that built the house. Wasn’t there some one? And then – what is his name and where is he now?
Personally I love theory. I love theories too. They have caused me to think. Thinking is good too. Thinking also causes me to wonder – be filled with awe and amazement – which then produces more thoughts. The eventual fact is that my thoughts come to a conclusion that is simply put, “Wow, God is amazing in that he put this all together!”
The new and old theories don’t threaten anything that I believe – in fact they tend to broaden and then under gird the thoughts that were already there. When they have spoken of the vast distances that they are able to see across now – that makes me realize that my Heavenly Father is a lot bigger than my little mind has held him all these years. Wow!
The Book of Job gives us some hints about thinking and theories…
Job 11:7 "Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave —what can you know? 9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
In the Book of Job you get a picture of a man wrestling with life issues and a group of not so helpful friends giving him advice.
But then God speaks and describes a little of what Job needs to consider. Please read Chapter 38 – 39 – 40
Here is a snippet(Chapter 38 below) of what is being stated and questioned by God… As you read it – think about how big your God is. Next then run and get your biggest problem – as heavy as it is … and then push it in front of his throne by prayer. I think you get the picture today with me. Amazing – simply amazing!
Job 38
The LORD Speaks
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:
2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone-
7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
Here is a quote from the article…
“So far, however, even the mightiest telescopes haven't been able to penetrate into that murky era. "We have a photo album of the universe," says Avi Loeb, a theoretical astrophysicist at Harvard University, "but it's missing pages--as though you had pictures of a child as an infant and then as a teenager, with nothing in between.” – (Michael Lemonick – Time article "Let There Be Light"Sept. 4, 2004)
In the article he has referred to the Big Bang explanation of how it all happened. Apparently with the most recent “find” of a distant group of bodies far from our little earth – they are closer now to “proving” what their theory is all about.
On My Side of the Universe…
This morning I have been sitting in our front room with the sun streaming through the window. There is a small amount of dust in the air that the sun has caught falling through the room. On the table in front of me I can see small particles of dust. If I look closely I can see one small particle of dust at the very back of the table. The angle of the sun’s rays has caught it perfectly today. Now I have just tried to take a photo of that speck of dust. I have downloaded it to my computer and then brought it up on my computer screen with the finest resolution I have available on this machine. As I look closely – using the reasoning and logic and theories that the greatest theorists that have ever lived …. I can almost get a clear idea of how this room was made… and for that matter how the house was constructed on our street.
The one thing that I have missed with this inspection of the dust particle is so simple. Who was/is the contractor and builder of the house? There had to be a person that built the house. Wasn’t there some one? And then – what is his name and where is he now?
Personally I love theory. I love theories too. They have caused me to think. Thinking is good too. Thinking also causes me to wonder – be filled with awe and amazement – which then produces more thoughts. The eventual fact is that my thoughts come to a conclusion that is simply put, “Wow, God is amazing in that he put this all together!”
The new and old theories don’t threaten anything that I believe – in fact they tend to broaden and then under gird the thoughts that were already there. When they have spoken of the vast distances that they are able to see across now – that makes me realize that my Heavenly Father is a lot bigger than my little mind has held him all these years. Wow!
The Book of Job gives us some hints about thinking and theories…
Job 11:7 "Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave —what can you know? 9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.
In the Book of Job you get a picture of a man wrestling with life issues and a group of not so helpful friends giving him advice.
But then God speaks and describes a little of what Job needs to consider. Please read Chapter 38 – 39 – 40
Here is a snippet(Chapter 38 below) of what is being stated and questioned by God… As you read it – think about how big your God is. Next then run and get your biggest problem – as heavy as it is … and then push it in front of his throne by prayer. I think you get the picture today with me. Amazing – simply amazing!
Job 38
The LORD Speaks
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:
2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone-
7 while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
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