Things that make ya go hmmmm…
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By Jessica Breazeale
God has eyelids? Psalm 11:4 says in a poetic metaphor that “His eyelids test the sons of men,” and that has me wondering if it’s maybe not a metaphor. What if God really did have eyelids? It’s possible. We are made in the image of God. Is God so astronomically gigantic, and we are super itty-bitty versions of Him? We’ll never know. Things that make ya go hmmm…
There are planets and stars known to be “lonely”. The loneliest star is often considered Fomalhaut, a bright, isolated star in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus that appears to shine alone. There are even lonely planets. The loneliest planets are rogue planets such as CFBDSIR2149-0403, which drifts untethered by any star. These objects, often called "orphan worlds," float alone in the galaxy, unbound to any parent star. Now, THAT’s lonely.
Did you know honey never expires? Reader’s Digest said it’s because the combo of the honey’s low water content, high acidity, and antibacterial properties means the honey doesn’t spoil. This probably explains why modern archaeologists found pots of edible honey in ancient Egyptian tombs. Maybe that’s why wisdom, kindness, God’s laws, His scriptures, goodness, words are described as “honey”. These things never get old or go out-of-date.
Why would God want to bless us when we are oftentimes pretty terrible people? God blesses people despite their actions because of His nature, not based on human merit. Blessings are a reflection of divine grace, intended to lead people to repentance, show kindness to all creation, and empower them to become conduits of goodness to others. How does God have such a gracious, kind, and generous nature? How is this possible? I can only guess it’s because He’s more like a dad.
A black hole is known as an astronomical body so compact that its gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping. A black hole is not even a hole. It’s actually an object containing massive amounts of matter packed into a very small, dense region, not empty voids. NASA explains that these are the most mysterious cosmic objects, much studied but not fully understood. No matter what you call it or how these are described, I don’t like the dark, so I do not want to check out the inside of a black hole. I don’t want to be around one to potentially get sucked in either.
One thought is that according to Luke 2:52, Jesus increased in wisdom, stature, and in favor with God and men, highlighting a balanced development—physically, intellectually, and spiritually—from childhood to adulthood. This growth signifies that while being divine, Jesus underwent a normal human maturation process, maturing in body and spirit, providing insight that maybe his development was not "lopsided" but balanced.
Max Liebermann's The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple (1879) caused a major scandal because it rejected idealized, divine imagery in favor of raw realism, portraying Jesus as a common, intellectually sharp Jewish boy. Critics and the public in 19th-century Germany reacted with anti-Semitic outrage, viewing the depiction as blasphemous and "crude. The public objection was so awful that it was debated in Bavarian Parliament. Arguments: Jesus didn’t look divine enough. The rabbis looked like critics rather than scholars. Even art and its viewers have always had their fair share of drama.
Did you know there’s a galactic year, also known as a cosmic year? It’s the duration of time required for the Sun to orbit once around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. One galactic year is approximately 252 million Earth years. This should get us all thinking more long-term. Why do we overly concern ourselves with the few years we are on planet Earth?
Did you know it's impossible for pigs to look up. Their neck muscles and spine structure make it physically impossible for them to look directly up at the sky. They can maneuver around to make it work if they wish to view the stars. If a pig can change its perspective to get a better view, surely we can, too. Can’t see the bigger picture? Try moving into new, different positions.
That’s enough thinking for one day. At some point, I have to do some work!
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