Mind Blowing

As I look out my window tonight I look up to the dark sky filled with the stars all shining bright. As I gazed over the sky and spotted out the constellations I recognized I began to wonder how something this big and wonderful could have ever been created, much less thought of! Throughout the day we pass by trees, birds, and flowers and we can take in all of the wonderful things God has shined his light on. But how often do we take the time to admire such beauty at night?

I took an astronomy class my first year of college. The professor was overwhelmed by what was in our night sky. She would encourage us to get a group of friends together, pull out some lawn chairs, and pop a bag of popcorn and examine the night sky all night (of course we never did that because that just seemed silly). She was so familiar with every constellation. She knew each one by name and the exact declination from the horizon. But what she didn’t know was who could have created this.

I grew up in a very small town, so at night it seemed as though the stars were so much bigger and brighter there. Lying on the trampoline and looking at the sky never gave me a clear understanding of how wonderful these stars are. So during this class, we had labs on the outskirts of town; far way from all the city lights. I was told through the whole semester that the biggest looking star was actually Saturn. I had no idea, so I just said ok and went on. But it wasn’t until the last lab meeting that we pulled out the giant telescope and got to see for our own eye Saturn. We could see it in such detail; we could even see the ring around it!

This just blew my mind! All of those nights while lying on the trampoline I thought those were all just plain stars. And all of this time, my professor credited the power of this galaxy to scientist and technology, since of course they were the ones to provide us with the equipment needed to see farther than any eye could see. But she is totally wrong!! There was no use of technology or science for the creation of this galaxy it was just……

“God spoke: “Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven’s sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven’s sky to give light to Earth”. And there it was. God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth and oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark…” – Genesis 1:14-19

Spoken!! How amazing is that!!! It seems like a lot of times today, we have to see things to believe them. I encourage you to start reading Mathew. You can’t actually see the miracles Jesus performed, but with His word being the Truth, that should mean everything and more to you! Take time not only to admire in astonishment the things around us God has created, but more importantly realize the power he has to just speak things and they become. Our God is a powerful amazing God. He is holding on to you, guiding you, and providing you with the strength for each day! Now that’s what I say is truly mind blowing!