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[Quix]

Joining Tevye in prayer . . .

May The Lord bless the Czar and keep him far away from the White House.

[Qx paraphrase]

[Quix]

May the Lord bless President Bush with integrity, courage, more fear of God than of man . . . and resolute patriotism regardless of the forces pressuring him.

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November 23, 2008

How Great Is Our God!

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READ: Job 38:31-41;42:5-6

Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion? —Job 38:31

A team of astronomers from the University of Minnesota say they have found a giant hole in the universe. The void they’ve discovered is in a region of sky southwest of Orion. The mysterious empty place has no galaxies, stars, or even dark matter. One of the astronomers said that the hole in the heavens is a billion light-years across.

When I try to capture the meaning of such immensity, something happens to me. The fight goes out of me. I don’t know what to do with my thoughts. Who can relate to the magnitude of such emptiness?

Then I remember what the Lord did with Job. He drew His suffering servant’s attention to the same part of the night sky. Using the region of the constellation Orion along with the wonders of the weather and the natural world, the Lord brought Job to the end of his reasonings and arguments (Job 38:31; 42:5-6).

In the presence of such wonder, I want to join Job in collapsing before the Lord in surrender to His inexpressible power and wisdom. I want to let go of my anxiety, my anger, and my resistance to the mysterious leading of God. I want to claim my only confidence as being in the immeasurable greatness of our God.

For Further Study
To increase your appreciation for the Creator,
read the online resource Celebrating The Wonder
Of Creation at discoveryseries.org/q1108

The wonders of the universe compel us to worship our wonderful God.

Bible in One Year: Psalms 134–136

[wizr]

Amen. Thank you ofr the season of thankfulness and holiness. Let us be thankful for Your love and salvation, and praise the name of Jesus, who was born to die for our sins.

[Alamo-Girl]

I join in prayer for President Bush, the Administration and our heroes standing in harm’s way!