All Creation Has A Song
Some creatures are so quiet, they appear to make no sound at all.
"There are at least 200,000 species out there singing in ways that are silent to us, and that's way more songs than if you add up all of the birds and the fish and the whales and the frogs out there," says Rex Cocroft, a biologist at the University of Missouri who is fascinated by creatures that only use vibrations to communicate.
Cocroft recently managed to record the sound of a treehopper. The treehopper shakes their abdomen 100 times a second to produce a low sound that vibrates through the stem of the plant they are standing on. While that sound is audible to other treehoppers, it’s outside the frequency that humans can hear. Cocroft had to use a specialized piece of equipment, a vibrometer, which uses a laser to detect minute vibrations on the surface of an object. Using this, he was able to record the sound and allow us to hear treehoppers in conversation.
We ALL have a song to sing unto the Lord. Some of us shout it from the church platform or choir loft, and some sing quietly in "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs" in our hearts. But regardless of tenor or volume, all Creation sings the glory of the Creator. And if we somehow choose to be silent, the Lord Himself declares that “[even] the stones will cry out!” (Luke 19:4).
"Everything on earth will worship you; they will sing your praises, shouting your name in glorious songs" (Psalms 66:4, NLT).
"Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!" (Pslams 95:1-2, ESV).
We are NOT Our Own Origin Story
There was a new animated Disney movie that came out last year that did not perform too well at the box office. Named Wish, the film included a song that tried to explain all of the deep mysteries of the universe. Questions such as - Where did we come from? Why are we here?
The answer - according to the song - is for us to realize that we all came from the stars.
From the song, I’m a Star:
Have you ever wondered why you look up at the sky for answers?
Or why flowers in the wind are effortless and eloquent dancers?
What forms the rings in the trees? Turns a pine from a seed?
What's passed down generationally, to you? (And to me?)
And why our eyes all look like microscopic galaxies?
Have you ever wondered why you look up at the sky for answers?
If you really wanna know just who you are
You're a star (yes!)
The song packed a very surprising punch that the music was careful to build up to:
Here's a little fun allegory
That gets me excitatory
This might sink in in the morning
We are our own origin story
Are we our own Origin Story?
The Bible’s explanation for us is dust - not stardust - but the dust of the earth. The Bible makes it clear that we are NOT our own origin story - but we have an origin in our Creator.
The Bible tells us:
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is HE that hath made us, and NOT we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture (Psalm 100:3, KJV).
So - are we just the random accident of chance and a byproduct of stardust, OR are we the product of an intelligent creator who placed us here for a purpose? According to the Scripture, "In the Beginning, God Created the heavens and the Earth" (Genesis 1:1).
What Is Man?
A recent FB post makes these "astronomical" oberservations:
Want me to tell you something that will blow your mind or make you lose sleep?
Well, look at this picture.
Each of those dots you see is a GALAXY ...
And each GALAXY has roughly 100 BILLION STARS.
Also, each STAR has at least 1 PLANET.
Now how many galaxies do you think there can be in that picture?
And this is just a photograph of a very little parcel of the universe. — Astro Physics
The post continues ...
This makes me lose sleep, thinking about how so insignificant we really are.
Insignifant to whom?? To God? Never!
"When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? Yet you made them only a little lower than God [the angels] and crowned them with glory and honor." (Psalm 8:3-5, NLT).