God is Powerful

[JR]

God is Powerful - E=MCsquared
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On August 6, 1945 the world became aware of the awesome energy stored
in each atom. On that date, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on
the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The result was complete devastation of the
city.

Amazingly, this incredible destruction of produced by the energy contained in
less than a gram of matter. During the explosion, about 670 grams of Uranium
235 underwent a fission reaction. About 0.1 percent of that was converted
directly into energy.

When you think about it, in order to make a gram of matter, God had to put
the same amount of energy into it that came out of it.

The sun convertes about 4 million tons of matter directly into energy every
second through the process of fusion. No wonder it puts out so much heat!

In 1996 the Hubble telescope was focused on a minute patch of sky. The
magnification was so high that in order to cover the whole sky would take
another 27 million patches that size. In that tiny patch of sky over 3000
galaxies were found. Multiply 27 million by 3000 and you get an idea of
how many galaxies are really out there!

The Milky Way Galaxy, that we are a part of, has about 200 billion stars
(200 thousand million!). The Milky Way is an average Galaxy. So, you
can multiply the number you got in the last paragraph to get a fair estimate
of the number of stars that are close enough for us to see. Who knows
how many are beyond our vision.

And yet the Bible says that the Heavens were made "By the word of the
Lord". Imagine that!

When you speak a word do you get exhausted? Do you even think about
expending any energy at all? Or is it effortless? To think that we serve
a God who could speak the entire universe into existence without even
getting short of breath is impossible to comprehend.

Couple that power with the gentle personal and sacrificial love that He
gives each one of us and that should really blow your mind!

Until next time, May God Bless!
Ron McCluskey
http://www.trackinggod.com

copyright 2003
Ron McCluskey
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Ron McCluskey is an emergency room physician and amateur naturalist. Growing up, he studied insects and birds. While he continues to enjoy studying these natural subjects, his interest has grown to include the rest of creation as well.
He has spent over a year doing volunteer work in tropical countries. While there he enjoyed seeing how God's creation gives ample evidence of His intimate knowledge and care for His nature.