Did you know Earth is
not actually a sphere? That we are rocketing around the sun at 67,000 mph? That
the majority of Earth's fresh water is locked up in Antarctica?
These
are some of the facts we have been reflecting on this week as we have explored
how amazing is the creation that God has made and that we experience every day.
Our home, Earth, is the
third planet from the sun and the only world known to support an atmosphere
with free oxygen, oceans of liquid water on the surface and — the big one —
life. Earth is one of the four terrestrial planet: Like Mercury, Venus and
Mars, it is rocky at the surface.
I loved the TV series 3rd Rock from the sun that
began in 1996 and finished in 2001. It was a story of a group of aliens are sent to Earth, disguised
as a human family, to experience and report life on the 3rd planet from the
sun. Great humour and many opportunities to emphasise how amazing and
complicated and wonderful our world is. I’m sure there are clips on You tube!
But the truly amazing thing is that we are a rock, 3rd
from the sun, but placed here by the God who created the universe and
everything in it. So as we have taken the time to reflect on what impresses us
most about creation and to consider its diversity and wonder this week, we have been reminded that the words of Psalm
19 v 1 are just as true today as they were at the dawn of creation - The
heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
