His Testimony
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Posted: May 14, 2022 His Testimony Shared By: Elana Brownfield Psalms 19:1-2, New Living Translation “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.” |
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Art and Soul Part One
I love the way God reveals Himself through His creation. A beautiful sunset, delicate flowers, breathtaking scenery, and peaceful bodies of water all display His presence. One of the aspects of His creation that I find truly stunning is the cosmos. Psalms 19:1-2 (NLT) say, “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.” If one just looks up into the sky, the full measure of His handiwork cannot be seen. To begin to understand the craftsmanship behind the creation of the universe, we can look to recent scientific discoveries.
Take the massive scale and structure of the universe for instance. Did you know that the observable universe is 93 billion light-years in diameter? A single light-year is a unit equal to about 6 trillion miles. Truly mind-boggling! Within this vast universe lies one tiny spec called planet Earth. But just because earth is so small in relation to the entire universe, don’t think for one minute that it is not special. In fact, planet earth is so unique that the fine-tuning and divine order involved to enable life here leaves me speechless.
There are many ways that planet Earth is specifically fine-tuned for life. Let’s look at the earth’s relationship to the sun. Earth orbits the sun at a precise distance. If it were any further or closer, a stable water cycle wouldn’t be possible because the water would either freeze or evaporate. The brightness of the sun also impacts the balancing of greenhouse gas levels which keeps the temperature of the planet at a livable level. The orbital tilt of our planet is fine-tuned as well, for even minor changes in the tilt of the earth’s axis would result in an uninhabitable climate. The speed of the earth’s rotation is important too. If the rotation was slower, our days would get too hot and our nights too cold to support life. If the rotation were faster, a whole host of things would happen such as loss of gravity, stronger hurricanes, more earthquakes, and flooding of water around the equator. There are many more examples of precise tuning like these that support the existence of an intelligent designer. Those who claim that these observations are a result of chance fail to consider the massive amount of overwhelming evidence that points to the existence of our Creator, God.
Please come back next week to read part two of my testimony.
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