Galaxies to Microbes (part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TaLD6nwKGg

This song describes how creative our God is. Please, please listen to the words of this song because they are so true. The more science classes I take, the more I appreciate the beauty of our Creator. In astronomy we talked about the size of the universe, which astronomers estimated to be about 156 billion, yes billion, lightyears wide. Just to put that into perspective, one light year is
9.4605284 × 10¹² kilometers, and for those of you like me who are bad with conversions, the sun is 150 million kilometers away from the earth (which we all know is a really huge distance). Wow.

Now let's talk about our galaxy. Because we live in the interstellar clouds of the Milky Way galaxy (our galaxy), we don't know any exact details about the number of stars, size, etc.. however, since our galaxy is said to look similar to the Andromeda galaxy, we use that as our standard, which we estimate to contain about 200 million stars. Let me remind you that God "calls each of them by name" (Psalm 147:4). Wow... WOW! This gives me goosemountains.

Let's take it to an even smaller scale, our solar system. Everything about our solar system points to a creator and designer, which is why it is absolutely appalling to hear scientists say "we have no idea why this is, but it is!". In a loving kind of way, I want to shake them a little.. sometimes a lot. Anyhow, I'm getting off subject here.. Okay so our planet is perfect in its sustainability for life. Perfect. We are close enough to the sun that we can keep heated, but far enough so we don't burn up. The temperature on mars (our neighboring planet further from the sun) is about -225 degrees Fahrenheit (during the night). The temperature on Venus (our neighboring planet closer to the sun) is about 500 degrees Fahrenheit. We are right in the middle, and although this Texas heat is killing me, life is suitable here. Wow.

So looking at things on an even smaller scale, earth has both day and night. The earth is spinning at a tilt of 23.45 degrees which allows us to have seasons. We all know about the significance of the sun (essential for our survival on so many levels..) but what would happen if we didn't have a moon (probably something we've never really thought about). Gravitational force is the universal attraction between all matter. It is what holds everything together (including astronomical bodies). The moon "tugs" on all nearby things, contributing to this gravitational force. The oceans that the moon is closest to tug in such a way that there is a balanced upward force from the earth and downward force from the moon. Wow.

If all of these things aren't pointing to a Creator, then I'm not real sure we can be friends because it is only realistic to agree that all of this was created by a Designer. This is only on a macroscopic level, and I haven't even hit the surface with these facts. There is so so so so so much more that would just completely blow us away about the creativity in our Designer! Just these few points that I have made show how everything about our solar system is amazing, and perfectly sustainable for life. Everything about our existence was intentional and set into motion by a Creator, and the coolest thing ever (seriously) is that we get to have a relationship with Him. Wow.

I am going to talk about the earth on a microscopic level in the next blog, but would like to forewarn you that I tend to be a huge nerdo when talking about microbial species and how they point to a Creator.

Praise the Lord today for giving us such a beautiful place to live, although this is only temporary. I can't even imagine what heaven is going to be like.. WHOOOOOOP! Lets give God praise today for all that he created!