Monday, February 8, 2010

Last Night Launch?

I did not get up to see the last night launch but I was awake. I laid in my bed, feeling the earth tremble as the shuttle lifted away. How magnificent is that machine? I will always remember when we had two Tanzanian pastors as our guests at the church. They were amazed by hot and cold running water, the garage door opener, and the selection at the grocery store (among other things). I told them about the Vertical Assembly Building. The interior of the building is so vast that it has its own weather, including rain clouds forming below the ceiling on very humid days. The pastor's response was not what I expected. How difficult is it to believe in God, he asked, when you are able to build a building with weather. How difficult is it to believe in God, I wonder, when you can launch a shuttle into orbit?

In reality, the bigger question is posed in Psalm 8:4 "Who is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?"

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