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To give you an idea of the scale () we’re talking about, if VY Canis Majoris replaced our sun, it would engulf most of the inner planets of the solar system, including Earth.
Voyager 2’s journey is a constant reminder to us of the enormity of the universe. I don’t know about you, but [the distances and objects /visible in the night sky] make me dizzy; they confront me with the realization of how little I seem to matter by comparison… which is exactly the reaction () God wanted us to have.
Our own wonder ought to echo the Psalmist, who sung: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man //that you care for him?”
God—the Creator of VY Canis Majoris—answered that question, but not ultimately in words. Instead, He came to dwell with His people, first through the Ark in the Tabernacle, and ultimately in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.
Though it boggles the mind, the maker of the Milky Way chose this little planet /to reveal Himself most fully and personally. By doing this, He bridged a gulf //that makes [the space between our stars] seem small—the separation between an infinitely holy God and sinners like us //who are doomed to death.
Against this backdrop of our cosmic insignificance, we can better appreciate God’s love—which He demonstrated by (as Eugene Peterson once put it) “coming to our neighborhood.” Thank God, since we can’t even build a probe /able to leave our interstellar neighborhood.
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