This video tells the story of the iconic poster. Thank you Denny Burk for bringing it to my attention. It reminds me of something that I have been learning recently.
How wonderful to know that we can experience the deep calm that comes through trusting implicitly in God, whatever our circumstances.
NASA, ESA, and Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Fox News has said:
A study suggests the universe could have triple the number of stars scientists previously calculated. For those of you counting at home, the new estimate is 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That’s 300 sextillion.
The recalculation is because scientists had assumed that all galaxies were shaped the same – like our Milky Way. Now they realize that some are different and have more stars, so out came the calculators and slide rules – well, computers I guess! Of course, it is all theoretical right now. This field of study is certainly very exciting.
So, how many stars are there in all? Who knows – except the Creator who put them there?
The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard.
Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.(Psalm 19:1-4)
After all the fiddling and, as we say in Scotland, fouterin’ , I have managed to organize an email subscriber via the RSS feed in Google Feedburner.
If that is gobble-de-gook to you, that that is exactly how I felt a wee while ago. But, thankfully, there are folk out in the blogosphere who know what is what, and are only too happy to help. (My thanks go to Ray Ortega a.k.a. @podcasthelper on Twitter. I also listen to his podcast, so felt I could ask for help, knowing he would respond.)
I’ll maybe post in the future about RSS feeds (sound geeky but is a real convenience if you read a lot of blogs), but for now, the main thing is that if you prefer, instead of having to remember to pop back here to Slices of my Life to check if there is another post, you can subscribe for free and get the articles sent to you by email.
All this is done through a third party, Feedburner. Your details won’t be passed on to anyone else.
”If you learn to appreciate more of what you already have, you’ll find yourself having more to appreciate.” – Michael Angier
“Thankfulness and Joyfulness are closely related to each other… ” – Ron Edmondson (www.ronedmondson.com)
Today, being Thanksgiving in the USA, has made many bloggers consider what they are thankful for.
I’m going to try to be thankful and appreciative every day. Thankful to others, and thankful most of all to God. For in every day, in many ways, the evidence of his love and care are seen – if we look.
One day I was interrupted before my flat-mate and I left home on a car journey. It was frustrating, as time was of the essence. But a little while later we came upon and accident that had happened not long before. Had we left on time, that could have been our car crushed by the lorry.
Another time I lost my bank card. I knew it was in the flat, but could I find it? You’ve guessed! It took me hours of sifting through papers, waste bins, laundry and all the rest. I was into cupboards and corners that hadn’t seen the light of day for months (you try anything, however improbable, don’t you?)! Eventually I found the card, but in the search I also came across some very important papers that needed attention and which I had totally forgotten about!
Sometimes it is in the awkward frustrations and downright problems of life that, if we look, we can see the care of God for us. And if it is not immediately obvious where the good is in it all, we can still trust. Because one thing I know, our loving heavenly Father will always be there. He cares about not only the major life-changing things, but about the minutiae of our practical lives. We have a God who cares - and isn’t that something to be thankful about?
