Today my daughter brought home one of her projects, a toilet paper roll covered in aluminum foil, complete with construction paper "solar" panels. Immediately I asked her if she had made a satellite, she smiled and told me it was actually the Hubble Telescope. I asked her if she knew what it did, "It takes pictures or something."
I asked her if she wanted to see some of the pictures that the telescope took, so we went to the computer and searched under "hubble." After looking at all the planets and talking about them we moved on to a nebula and galaxies. We found the picture above, "Hubble-Spitzer Color Mosaic of the Galactic Center". http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire/pr2009002a/xlarge_web/from/show/
I was awestruck myself and we sat staring at it for several minutes. We talked about galaxies, stars, and space in general. Then came the question, that one question that parents dread, "How was it made?" She noted that there were so many stars that we could not count them all. I pretended not to hear the question the first time she asked it, but she soon repeated it and there was nothing I could do.
We talked about the gases and stars and how the stars light, but she again asked how it was made. My youngest (four years old) quickly answered, "I know daddy! God made it." They both quickly told me that God made everything. I agreed and told them that he even made them. Then we focused back on the picture.
If you go to the link above and look at the picture keep this thought in mind, the thought that the girls and I shared, God made all of it and he took the time to make you. He knows how many hairs are on your head and he wants a relationship with you. The God that spoke all those stars in to existence knows and loves you.
I think as adults we often forget to take time to enjoy the simple things in life and truly appreciate the things God has made. What started out as a simple conversation about a school project turned into a humbling lesson about God.
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