Hanging on nothing

Hanging on nothing

“He spreads out the northern  skies  over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.” 
                                             Job26:7                                                                                    .
Job to my mind had to have insight from God. He realized that the earth was if you will hovering over nothing.
Job was not a scientist yet he realized that the earth hung in space.
I enjoy science and in particularly astronomy. I watch with interest the space program. The latest pictures from Pluto fascinated me.
I remember as a teenager watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon for the first time.
As I look back at pictures of that day. Of the bulky space suites they had to wear just to survive on the moon, I’m reminded that we here on earth are blessed.
Scientist tell us that the earth is at the perfect place not only in the solar system but in the galaxy as a whole. Everything around the earth from the sun to the moon, the stars and a myriad of other factors are in prefect balance allowing life to exist.
I cannot believe this is by chance. There has to be a creator. The Bible tells me,
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” 
                                                                                              Genesis 1:1.
I know it takes a leap of faith on my part. But to my way of thinking believing that things came together by chance takes more faith.
I see a mathematically perfect universe from the biggest Galaxy to the smallest subatomic particle all are in prefect order.
I also believe that the God who created it all loved man so much that he entered his creation in the form of Jesus.
The gospel of John stating,
“In the beginning was the Word,(Jesus) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  
He was with God in the beginning. 
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  
In him was life, and that life was the light of men.... 
He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.  
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.  
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—  children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth
                                                                                   John 1:1-4,10-14.
I believe God gave man a freewill to do and believe what he wanted. That freedom in order to be truly free had to extend to the point of believing whether or not God exists.
So what do you believe?
Please think about it.

Not Bad

Not Bad

“He spreads out the northern  skies  over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.”
                                      Job 26:7.
For me to see the picture taken by the Apollo 17 crew coming from the moon, showing the earth suspended on nothing, shows how great an insight God gave Job.
The more I look into science the more I realize that things point to a God who created the universe and everything in it.
The psalmist writes,
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” 
                                                     Psalm 19:1.
When I look at the world around me I am amazed at it’s perfection. Near us is a Butterfly museum. When you enter it there are live butterflies everywhere. My wife was wearing a green dress and they kept landing on her. I marvelled at how delicate yet magnificently made they are. Some flying thousands of miles from Canada to Mexico each year.
I look at the flowers in my garden the trees the grass and I see perfection. As I look into the heavens there is a wondrous beauty as there is when I look into a microscope.
Everything from the greatest galaxies to the smallest subatomic particles are in such perfect balance without which life on this plant could not exist.
I cannot believe this is all by chance. There is a creator behind all of this that we call the universe.
The psalmist writes,
“The earth is the LORD'S, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;..”
                                                                                                                               Psalm 24:1
I believe there is a God who loves us. Who gave us freedom of choice. That freedom of choice even includes the freedom to believe whether He exists or not. The choice is always ours.
We may not be able to see God but by simply looking around us we can see all He has created. All he asks of us is to have faith in Him.
The writer of the book of Hebrews saying,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
                                                                                                      Hebrews 11:6.
The apostle John quoting Jesus as saying,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”. 
                                                                      John 3:16-18.
Jesus posing a question to Martha the sister of Lazarus a question we all must answer,
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;  and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 
                                                                                                                     John 11:25,26.
Please think about it.