Friday, November 19, 2010

thoughts on the news of the day: discovery

hmmm…..
            A new planet has been discovered!  It’s a hot, gaseous, fast-spinning orb that sits just on the edge of the Milky Way.  Scientists said that it is the first discovery of a planet outside of our own galaxy.  Slightly larger than our own planet Jupiter, the newly discovered planet is about 2,000 light years from earth. 
            The planet has been there for a while, we just didn’t see it.  Has that happened to you?  Something was there, you just didn’t see it.   A friend of mine tells the story of when she was a single mom trying to raise her four children on her own. One was disabled, so with that help, plus child support, plus food stamps, she managed to care for her kids.  Her checks were automatically deposited into her banking account and so when she went to her ATM, she expected the money to be there.  But it wasn’t.  She spent an anxious weekend praying and worrying about how she was going to pay her rent.  As it turns out, the money was there all along.  It had just not been posted.  She says that from then on, she decided to have faith that the help would always be there, even if she couldn’t see it at the moment.
            Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  Just because we can’t see something doesn’t mean it isn’t there.  Sometimes we have to wait and hope and have a little faith.  And somehow it all works out.
            hmmm…..

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