JULY 9, 2013
Space
Music
Read: Job 38:1-7
Who laid [earth’s]
cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy? —Job 38:6-7
One
of NASA’s observatories has discovered a giant black hole that hums.
Located in
the Perseus cluster of galaxies about 250 million light years from
Earth, the
black hole vibrates at the frequency of a B flat. But it is too low a
pitch to
be picked up by the human ear. Scientific instruments have placed the
note at
57 octaves below middle C on a piano.
The
idea of music and heavenly bodies is not new. In fact, when God revealed
Himself to Job, He asked: “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the
earth?
. . . When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted
for
joy?” (Job 38:4,7). We are told that at the creation of our marvelous universe,
songs of praise and shouts of joy resounded to God’s glory.
A
wonderful hymn by St. Francis of Assisi captures the awe and worship we feel
when beholding the radiant sun by day or the star-studded sky at night.
All creatures of our God and King,
Lift up your voice and with us sing Alleluia, Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam:
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
“The
heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork”
(Ps.
19:1).
Let’s
praise the One who made such beauty for us to enjoy!
Hymn by St. Francis of Assisi, translated by William H. Draper.
© 1968
Singspiration
The beauty of creation gives us reasons to sing God’s praise.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
