-HEAVENLY
EXCLAMATION!

-1 Kings 8:22-30
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The heavens declare
the glory of God.
--Psalm 19:1
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IN August 2011, NASA, released a composite image from the Hubble telescope that left people smiling. The image is of two galaxies beginning to collide. The collision looks like a heavenly excamation point (!). The latest statistic I've read says there are about 100 billion observable galaxies in the universe. Each galaxy has hundreds of billions of stars, and more galaxies are being discovered.

When I saw the exclamation -point image on CNN, I was reminded of our awesome Creator. The heavens exclaim His glory (Ps. 19:1), but He is even greater than the heavens He has made. After Solomon built a temple for the Lord's presence to dwell in, he prayed: "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!" (1 Kings 8:27). He knew that if the heavens couldn't contain God's presence, the temple surely couldn't contain Him.

The Lord is so much greater than our finite minds can grasp. Yet He has made it possible for us to know Him through His Son Jesus whom He sent to live on this earth, to die for us, and to be raised. When we believe in Him, our lives join the heavens in proclaiming His glory!

Sing praise to God who reigns above,
The God of all creation,
The God of power, the God of love,
The God of our salvation.
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-In creation we see God's hand,
and in redemption we see His heart.

--ODB/AC / One Day He's coming , O Glorious Day!
guitarplaying / playdrums
Death could not hold Him. The grave could not keep Him from rising again!
Buried, He carried my sins far away!
O Glorious Day! "Even so, Come Lord Jesus!"

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]