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by Danny Hesterly
00,000,000,000. This number is 100 billion. That is a
It doesn’t stop there. In Psalm 33:6, a shepherd boy
very, very large number. Think of it this way, if you
named David wrote this, “The heavens were made by the
could spend $100,000 every day for the next 2,740
Word of the Lord. All the stars were made by the breath
years, not only would you be the oldest person to have
of His mouth.” David spent a lot of time outdoors in the
ever lived, but that’s how long it would take to spend 100
pasture tending his father’s sheep. He had a lot of time to
billion dollars. Wow. If your mind isn’t blown away yet…
look up and count the stars. Did you read what he said,
get ready!
“…all the stars were made by the breath of His mouth.”
We live in the Milky Way Galaxy. When you look up
David is talking about God and how God breathes out
into the night sky, you’re actually staring straight into the
stars from His mouth. It’s a bit weird to think about, but
Milky Way. Isn’t it beautiful? Our galaxy is the home of
it shows how mighty, creative, and awesome the God we serve is. All those stars, created by God and given the sole purpose of reflecting the goodness of God. But it doesn’t stop there! Here it is. Are you ready for it? This is the big moment I’ve been waiting for this whole time. In Genesis 2:7 it says, “Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.” Here we have it. God makes humans. How did He do it? Read that passage in Genesis again. Amazing, isn’t it?!
approximately 100 billion stars. Some of these stars are
God’s breath not only makes stars in the universe,
similar in size to our sun, while others are bigger and some
but that same breath gives us life. Every time you look up
much smaller. Astronomers (a fancy name for those who
in the night sky, think about who put those stars there.
study all kinds of things in space) suggest that there are
Every time you breathe in and out, think about who
200 billion galaxies in the entire universe. Let’s say each
put that breath there. God is full of life. God is full of
galaxy has the same number of stars found in the Milky
creativity and wonder. He is amazing!
Way…well that’s more stars than we can count on our how big that number is. Crazy! It’s amazing! All those stars floating in the velvet night sky. It just goes on forever.
8 // February 2022
About The Author
fingers and you’re going to need a huge calculator to see Danny Hesterly lives in Chattanooga, TN where he spends most of his days in coffee shops helping others discover their part in God’s amazing story. Danny has two children (12, 10) and has been married to his lovely bride for 17 years.
