God’s children are like stars that shine brightest in the darkest skies (Verna Hall).
In the beginning God created the heavens . . .
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. (Ps. 19:1)
God counts the number of the stars; He calls them by name (Ps. 147:4). Interesting to note that God names the stars while Adam names the animals.
A team led by an Australian astronomer set out to discover if there are more stars in the sky or grains of sand on the beaches. Their conclusion: Stars outnumber sand. Astronomers currently estimate that there are 70 thousand million million million, or 70 followed by 21 zeros, stars visible from the earth through telescopes–and that’s only the known universe. One scientist concluded that this unfathomable number is “more than 10 times the grains of sand in every beach and desert on earth!” Dr. Simon Driver, who led this study, remarked that “Even for a professional astronomer used to dealing in monster numbers, this is mind boggling.”