Universal ponderings

So, I'm sitting out in the hot tub tonight, staring at the stars, contemplating the universe. There's this really flashy star, or planet, I don't know, anyhow it is below Orion's belt, in the east/southeastern sky. It is flashing blue and red, I swear. Nic and I watched it a few weeks ago, when it was lower on the horizon, and wondered if it was an infamous Sedona lights UFO. It didn't move, at least not fast enough to be a plane or a satellite, but it does finally edge slowly up into the sky, closer to Orion's belt. I have no idea what it is, but it's pretty cool.

It got me thinking about how all those stars are suns of another solar system, and there's thousands, millions of them out there. And our beautiful earth is in the perfect place in our solar system to support life, even human life. And the earth itself seems to be alive, with an energetic core, water, a rhythm of it's own. It could be alive, and the Bible lends us to see it as such. If the earth is an organism of God, then we are small specks upon the earth, even as bacteria upon our skin are we upon the earth. Just are there are good and bad bacteria in and upon our bodies, there are good and bad of us upon our mother earth. OOOH, heavy!

Anyhow, I want to be good bacteria. It makes me realize every organic thing is a creation of God, and has a purpose, a meaning and a reason for being, no matter how small or base. Even wasps- I'm not a fan, I can see no purpose for them that couldn't be filled by another bug, but I'm pretty naive and ignorant in many things. I can visualize great beings or organisms out in the vast reaches of space that see us as wasps, wondering what the heck we're good for, besides making messes and fighting with everything that moves. Well, just that quick I've moved humanity from being bacteria to wasps, that was easy! My hope is that we can each live more like the God that created us in His own image- with love, charity and faith. Those simple things can bring peace and joy to this planet like it has rarely experienced since the beginning of mankind. And who knows? Maybe bacteria and wasps are much kinder to each other than we are.