For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated with
astronomy.
It began when I was a young child.
At that time the United States and the Soviet Union were
caught up in “the space race.”
Each nation wanted to be the first to send men to the moon
and return them safely back to earth.
Although space exploration has changed my interest in
astronomy has not diminished.
Whenever I think about astronomy, I also think about God.
God spoke the universe into being and the things he has
created are magnificent.
Genesis 1:16 (NET) - God made two great lights – the greater light to
rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the
stars also.
The universe is so wonderful that we continue to discover new
things about it all the time.
Take black holes for example.
There was a time when we could only theorize about them.
They were not even called black holes until 1963.
It was not until 1971 that technology had improved enough for
a likely candidate to be found.
Black holes are remarkable in that they are formed when large
stars die and collapse in on themselves,
The resulting mass is so dense and has such a gravitational
pull that anything passing too close will be pulled inside.
Not even light which travels at 186,000 miles per second can
escape its pull.
This is the reason why they look black.
Even more amazing is the concept of supermassive black holes
in the centers of galaxies.
The reason they are called supermassive is that they can have
the mass of billions of suns.
Certainly we have the technology to see them in other
galaxies today.
In reality, we have to look no further than the heart of our
own galaxy to find one.
As I pondered this, I was reminded of a passage from
scripture.
This passage of scripture talks about sin.
We do not need to look for sin only within others.
We need only to look within ourselves.
Matthew 7:3-5 (NET) – Why do you see the speck that is in your
brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can
you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is
the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye,
and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.
The universe God created is full of wonder and there is much
out there that we have not yet seen.
The universe can also serve to remind us that we also need to
look deep within ourselves.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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