Monday, March 5, 2007
Psalm 19:1-6
19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat. (ESV)
by Leanne Lippincott
I’ve never understood how someone can gaze at the nighttime sky and say there is no God. In 2004, I fulfilled a lifelong dream and purchased an outdoor hot tub. (Yes, in Wisconsin!) I love to sit in it at night and search the heavens for shooting stars and orbiting satellites. That twinkling canopy spread out above my head continually leaves me awestruck. I have an especially difficult time comprehending the vastness of space and grasping the concept that some of the stars I’m seeing aren’t even there anymore. The thought of trillions upon trillions of other galaxies is mind-boggling. But should we expect anything less from a firmament that proclaims God’s handiwork?
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
