The Fifth Day

Genesis 1:20-23

“20 And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” 21 So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.”

God’s creation is a creation of abundance the breadth of which we are just beginning to realize.  According to the latest estimates there are 100 billion galaxies in the universe containing 200 billion trillion stars. There are 3,200 solar systems in our galaxy alone.

On our earth, scientists estimate that there are 8.7 million species of animals, but the vast majority of them are unknown to us and it could take us up to 1,000 years to identify them all.

Humankind knows only a small fraction of the knowledge that is available to know in the universe.

God’s creation speaks His name to us.  The whole of the universe sings out, saying,

“God is truly great and wonderful.”

“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is humankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” (Psalm 8:3-4)

May the love of Christ be with you,

Rev. Eric Lanier (Retired)