I was listening to the news on my radio this morning when the first reports began to come in concerning a possible crash of the Columbia spacecraft...
Hours later, these reports have been confirmed. I said several prayers for the families of those astronauts, one of who was from Israel.
Earlier this morning, I had been reading the New Testament Letter of First Peter. One particular Scripture I had been focusing on was 1 Peter 1:24. "For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away."
How true! All of mankind's accomplishments, no matter how humanly good and noble, will eventually come to nothing.
Looking at things with the perspective of eternity in mind, only what the Lord does will last.
I believe that in time, much of man's space travels will amount to nothing of eternal value. For we as Christians, once we receive our new bodies in heaven, we will probably be able to travel to the furthest galaxies.
And when God makes His new heavens and a new earth, which the Holy Bible says He will do, I am certain that we ourselves will be able to transcend all the limitations of space and time that exist today.
It is good that man seeks to learn about the universe. It's nice that people try to accomplish great feats and seek to make scientific progress for society. But ultimately even these fine things will be meaningless in eternity when all human time comes to an end and each person goes to his or her eternal destiny.
Seven brilliant and heroic people lost their lives today. I will continue to pray for their families.
D.B.
Earlier this morning, I had been reading the New Testament Letter of First Peter. One particular Scripture I had been focusing on was 1 Peter 1:24. "For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away."
How true! All of mankind's accomplishments, no matter how humanly good and noble, will eventually come to nothing.
Looking at things with the perspective of eternity in mind, only what the Lord does will last.
I believe that in time, much of man's space travels will amount to nothing of eternal value. For we as Christians, once we receive our new bodies in heaven, we will probably be able to travel to the furthest galaxies.
And when God makes His new heavens and a new earth, which the Holy Bible says He will do, I am certain that we ourselves will be able to transcend all the limitations of space and time that exist today.
It is good that man seeks to learn about the universe. It's nice that people try to accomplish great feats and seek to make scientific progress for society. But ultimately even these fine things will be meaningless in eternity when all human time comes to an end and each person goes to his or her eternal destiny.
Seven brilliant and heroic people lost their lives today. I will continue to pray for their families.
D.B.
