12/5/11

Far out, yet nearby


I grew up in the "space age".  I remember Sputnik when I was a kid and then the day they finally set foot on the moon.  Now, they have International space stations, build telescopes that dwarf anything built 40 years ago and land probes on the planet Mars.  What's next, warp speed?  Haven't a clue, but, in my life, things like this picture have become commonplace, but somehow they never seem to lose their appeal.  When I think of the Bible, there is one and only verse that jumps right out at me; so common that almost everyone on the planet has heard of it, yet somehow it never loses its appeal...

WEB: John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Some things will NEVER CHANGE!!!  We grow up, have families and grow old.  All of us have problems and even the best of us have things that are lacking in who we are and what we do. BUT GOD LOVES US ANYWAY, AND THIS NEVER, EVER, GROWS OLD!!!!  Like the picture, it continually intrigues us and no matter how many times we have been exposed to this most familiar Bible passage, we still ask ourselves... why?  The answer (probably one of many possible ones) is that HE WANTS TO.   You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand this and its not a far out idea.  The thing is.. all that matters is that its true... and that is good enough for me.

The Truly Happy Man by Mark Copeland

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A lesson from the first Psalm... Gary