OUR DAILY BREAD : SPACE MUSIC

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July 9
Tuesday


SPACE
MUSIC

READ:
Job 38:1-7
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Who laid [earth's]
cornerstone, when the
morning stars sang
together, and all the
sons of God shouted
for joy? __Job 38:6-7
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One of NASA's observatories has discovered a giant black hole that hums. Located in the Perseus cluster of galaxies about 250 million light years from Earth, the black hole vibrates at the frequency of a B flat. But it is too low a pitch to be picked up by the human ear. Scientific instruments have placed the note at 57 octaves below middle C on a piano.

The idea of music and heavenly bodies is not new. In fact, when God revealed himself to Job, He asked: "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?... When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" (Job 38:4,7). We are told that at the creation of our marvelous universe, songs of praise and shouts of joy resounded to God's glory.

A wonderful hymn by St. francis of Assisi captures the awe and worship we feel when beholding the radiant sun by day or the star-studded sky at night.

```````````````All creatures of our God and King,
`````````Lift up your voice and with us sing Alleluia, Alleluia!
```````````````Thou burning sun with golden beam,
````````````Thou silver moon with softer gleam:
```````````````O praise Him, O praise Him!
````````````````Alleluia! alleluia! Alleluia!

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows HIs handiwork" (Ps. 19:1).
Let's praise the One who made such beauty for us to enjoy! ))Dennis Fisher
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The beauty of creation gives us reasons
to sing God's praise.

**************Today's Bible REading __ Job 38:1-7********************

1 Then the LORD answered
Job out of the whirlwind,
and said:

2 "Who is thi who
darkens counsel by words
without knowledge? 3 Now
prepare yourself like a man;
I will question you, and you
shall answer Me.

4 "Where were you when I
laid the foundations of the
earth? Tell Me, if you have
understanding . 5 Who
determined its measure-
ments? Surely you know!
Or who stretched the line
upon it? 6 To what were its
foundations fastened? Or
who laid its cornerstone,

7 when the morning stars
sang together, and all the
sons of God shouted for
joy?"

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

God's speech to Job in today's verses is His response to Job's
questions and accusations about his suffering. Prior to chapter
38, Job and his friends had debated the guilt and innocence of
both Job and God in the events that had unfolded in his life (chs.
1-37). God's "defense" was to point to His power and wisdom as
evidenced in creation. Surely the Lord who has made and maintains
the heavens and the earth does what is right. The wisdom evidenced
by the foundations of the earth is sufficient reason to trust Him in
the events, good and bad, that come into our lives.