Easter and the Pale Blue Dot
On July 19, 2013, NASA spacecraft Cassini photographed Earth from 900 million miles away (near Saturn). The resulting picture was reminiscent of one taken on Valentine’s Day, 1990, from the edge of the solar system, where Earth was seen as a mere blue speck caught in a beam of light.
Follow the link to view the 2013 picture.
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/23jul_palebluedot
“Blessed be He that cometh in the name of the Lord:…” Psalm 118:26
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us,
in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
Earth is a pale blue dot we call “home,”
And has been the backdrop of all we’ve known.
Rocky mountains, rugged coasts,
Sand, and ice are things Earth boasts.
Questions and journeys have made up our days,
As ‘round the sun spins our blue dot through
space.
Struggles
of nations and billions of souls
Litter
history’s attempts to fill God-shaped holes.
Two
thousand years ago the drama climaxed
When God
Who’d made us surpassed all we could ask.
He strode
through His universe into that blue dot.
The Word
became flesh; an impossible thought!
The Prince
of Creation and Lord of all Light,
The
Infinite now combined with finite.
He lived
here, that God-Man, for thirty-three years;
He tasted
our joys and experienced our tears.
And then
Easter week, He laid down His life,
To offer
redemption from sin’s deadly strife.
Heaven’s
grand audience all caught their breath,
As we
condemned our own Savior to merciless death.
But He
could not be held in death’s dismal chains,
And on
Easter morning victorious strains
Of
Resurrection’s triumph broke through darkest night.
He’d come
and He’d conquered all of sin’s might!
Since
death couldn’t hold Him, it surely can’t us;
He offers
salvation to all who will trust
In what
their Creator has done to redeem.
Because of
His love, our hearts join His theme!
We stand
amazed at the contrast so great
Of
omnipotent God Who loved when we’d hate,
Who never
left us and our tiny blue ball,
Who
rescued us when we were puny and small.
And one
day He’ll come back to reign here as King
His
servants we’ll be as His praises we sing.
And even the plants and animals will know
The blue
dot’s restoration to His glories show.
Rejoice
then in Jesus, your Savior, this week!
His love
need not ever seem as hide-and-seek.
His ear is
bent low to hear your heart’s prayer;
His eye is upon you, and shall always be there.