Until we put our prideful size up against some of the larger planets, and even the sun, and our pride diminishes quite rapidly for we realize that we are relatively nothing ... despite us in our arrogance, not quite literally but figuratively, acting like the universe revolves around us, our desires, our needs, our goals. In size comparison, our pride can sure deflate quite rapidly. Our arrogance only can take a minute breath in space ... there's just so much more out there!
And then we put our tiny little planet with its millions of people with greatly inflated prideful ethnocentric egos next to the brightest star in the sky, Antares which is more than 1000 light years away, and we gulp as we pale at the comparison and insignificance of ourselves.
Now, to go a step further into the vastness of space and realize our less than insignificance in the grand scheme of revolutions and the organized display of brilliance above ... We look through the Hubble telescope at the ultra deep field using an infrared view and we see "countless" numbers, a vastness that our tiny eye with the aid of our most powerful scope can only manage a flickering glimpse of. There in that eyepiece are entire galaxies billions of light years away ... and we know that this is only a shadow of the vastness of the universe! In relation, we are next to nothing!
Even when we focus a look at the darkest region in space, we realize that the size there cannot possibly compare to our grain-of-sand-in-space volume. We ... are ... infinitesimal.
And yet, Someone knows how many hairs are on each of our heads, and the workings of earth are so important to Him that not a single sparrow dies apart from His will. (Matthew 10:29-31)
That makes little tiny us feel pretty darn special, and yes, very important in God's eyes!
Even when we focus a look at the darkest region in space, we realize that the size there cannot possibly compare to our grain-of-sand-in-space volume. We ... are ... infinitesimal.
And yet, Someone knows how many hairs are on each of our heads, and the workings of earth are so important to Him that not a single sparrow dies apart from His will. (Matthew 10:29-31)
That makes little tiny us feel pretty darn special, and yes, very important in God's eyes!
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Here is a 2:33 minute YouTube clip [Star Size Comparison HD]
of the moon, planet, and keynote stars, all in relationship to amazing size.
