I had the opportunity to go to the LDS temple near where I live on Friday. I did some temple work with my sister, then went to the visitor's center where they had an exhibit. It was a collection of pictures taken by the Hubble Telescope. Oh, they were beautiful! Eleven pictures in all of nebulae and galaxies and stars. They were absolutely stunning!
Many a time I have gazed at the stars and wondered what lay beyond them. What do they look like up close? I think about how much is out there, how immense 'space' is. I feel small and insignificant at times, but then I remember that God knows me and every individual that ever lived or will live. In spite of all that He has created, He takes the time to listen to our prayers, our hope and fears. Then the stars remind me of Him instead of my smallness. I love to look at them for this reason: that they remind me of Him. And I think of all of His other creations, all the beauties of the earth and the universe.
How amazed I am by them! From a tiny baby's ear to the billions of formations in space. It's amazing how it all works out just right. I don't think it is mere coincidence that the universe was formed. There are too many variables to think that it all happened by chance, like the distance of the earth from the sun and the tilt of the earth that gives us our temperate seasons. I know there is a greater power out there orchestrating everything. I know there is a God. I know that He lives and He cares about each and every one of us.
