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We are Stardust

Dear Friends,

It's October and I've just bought my first
Christmas present! It's a book for children by that
wonderfully enthusiastic scientist and
broadcaster Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock called
'Am I Stardust?’ I bought it for a grandchild but,
as I am not a scientist myself, I thought it would
answer some of my questions.

Staring at the night sky with its thousands of
twinkly stars (I'm told they don't twinkle, it only
looks like it), I have often wondered at the
connection between myself and something so far
away. The universe can make you feel very
small and insignificant sometimes.

When a star blows up, after burning for maybe
billions of years, then the carbon. nitrogen,
oxygen and all its other elements are blasted into
space as stardust. Eventually gravity draws this
stardust together to form planets, like the Earth.
All living things, including animals, birds, fish,
grass, trees, flowers, including ourselves, are
made of this stardust.

The Psalmist says: When I consider your
heavens, the work of your fingers. What are
human beings that you care for them? (Psalm 8).

I don't know about you, but being connected to
God's universe makes me feel very special. God
has pieced us together from the vastness of
Space, We are intimately connected to it,
connected with God the great Artist and
Creator. Amazingly, through Jesus, we have
learnt to call this Supreme Creator 'Father' –
what a privilege!

Every blessing Janet

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