Back To Home Page To Archives - Spring of Life - H. Roger Bothwell Stardust When you dust your bookshelves look closely because part of what you are brushing away is stardust. Each day mother earth scoops up hundreds of tons of meteoric material. Talk about gaining weight. It's a wonder our orbit doesn't slow down with all that added load. If we are lucky on a dark clear night we get to "ooh" and "ahh" as bits of grit burn up overhead. Even Jesus talked about it. In Mathew 24:29 He said, "Immediately after the distress of those days 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky.'" One of the great mysteries about the incarnation of Jesus is how much and what kind of information did He retain. When the Word became flesh and dwelt among us did He leave all His creative knowledge with His Father in heaven? In Luke 2:52 it says, "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men." There is a difference between wisdom and knowledge. People can know a lot and not be wise and people can be wise without knowing a lot, however, knowing a lot helps. While Jesus was here did He, like everyone around Him, think the sun went around the earth and falling stars were really falling stars? Did He know about meteorites? Actually this is really not important for us to know. What is important is our knowing who Jesus was and why He came. John 1 tells us He was God incarnate and John 3 tells us He came so we can live forever. I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is roger.bothwell@verizon.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past devotionals can be accessed at Archives