{"id":272,"date":"2010-09-13T00:02:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T05:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mondayministry.com\/blog?p=272"},"modified":"2011-01-02T00:23:51","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T05:23:51","slug":"great-is-thy-faithfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondayministry.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/13\/great-is-thy-faithfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Is Thy Faithfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we have guest stars delivering our message… in fact, billions and billions of them.<\/p>\n

I invite you to visit the site and photo gallery of the Hubble Space Telescope —\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/hubblesite.org\/gallery\/album\/<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Prepare to be amazed, if you have never seen these color photos before… in fact, one is amazed at the thousandth<\/em> time they are viewed! We are told that many of the “distant stars” we see shining are in reality whole galaxies — that is, shining collections, themselves, of millions of stars and planets.<\/p>\n

Amazing Space, how sweet the sights…<\/p>\n

Scroll through the photos and let them speak to you about God’s awesome power, His omnipresence. I will tell you one thought that I have:<\/p>\n

God Almighty took six days to create the awesome, endless, perfect universe.<\/p>\n

However, after lo these many decades… He’s still working on me.<\/p>\n

That’s not a wisecrack: that’s good theology. We need to remind ourselves of the gift of free will, and the consciousness of our own rebellion and sinfulness before a perfect and just God. To see pictures like this, and realize our part in God’s creation, is humbling.<\/p>\n

And the other thought I have is to be grateful to the depths of my soul for His faithfulness. After all these decades.<\/p>\n

…All I have needed Thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
\nSummer and winter and springtime and harvest; sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
\nJoin with all nature in manifold witness to Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click a touching version of the great hymn these words are from:<\/p>\n

Great Is They Faithfulness <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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