We humans are such an arrogant creation. We suffer from the illusion that we can "control" the world we live in and that WE are the most creative of beings. Just look at our buildings that can withstand hurricane and earthquake! What have we to fear from the natural world? We live in such controlled environments we are suddenly finding ourselves allergic to the outdoors...pollen, bugs, dust, dairy, nuts to name a few. We wash ourselves and everything in our homes in antiseptic soaps to the point that we cannot tolerate being outside. Oh, and our advances in science and medicine have extended our lifetimes and continue to do so...most are expected to live 70 or 80 years, easy!
I am not trying to put down our advances in architecture, science, medicine or any number of other disciplines. I just hate that we forget the fact that God created the universe and called it "Good". I hate that we keep trying to distance ourselves from Him and this wonderful planet He spoke into being.
Just for a little perspective of our powers vs. God's, the picture shown above is called the Soap Bubble Nebula. Nebula's are formed by a dying star and only last a "short" period of time...a few tens of thousands of years. Now before you get excited about that number, the average life span of a star is several Billion years! Now if He takes the time to form such lovely images that will never be seen by human eyes, how can we ever claim to match Him? As I said, we're just arrogant!
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