{"id":2565,"date":"2012-06-02T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/06\/because-god-is-an-awesome-god.html"},"modified":"2012-06-02T20:56:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T20:56:00","slug":"because-god-is-an-awesome-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/06\/because-god-is-an-awesome-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Because God is an awesome God"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Sometimes when the world seems too crazy, and it\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2010\/12\/merry-christmastide.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"> not Christmas<\/a>, it\u2019s nice to sit back and let God do the talking; to enjoy the song of creation.\u00a0 I know, some would argue this video is all because of science\u00a0what we\u2019ve learned from scientists.\u00a0 But scientists are merely the musicians, and science the notes through which the music of God is played.\u00a0\u00a0Enjoy, and prepare to be awed: <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text Ps-8-9\"><\/span><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text Ps-8-9\"><strong>The 8th Psalm<\/strong><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-9\"><\/span><span class=\"text Ps-8-1\"><strong>For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>O <span class=\"small-caps\" style=\"font-variant: small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, our Lord,<\/em><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-1\"><em>How majestic is Your name in all the earth,<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-1\"><em>Who have\u00a0displayed Your splendor above the heavens!<\/em><\/span><br><em> <\/em><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-2\" id=\"en-NASB-14015\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">2 <\/sup> <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14015B%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">B<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-2\"><em>Because of Your adversaries,<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-2\"><em>To make  <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14015D%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">D<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> the enemy and the revengeful cease.<\/em><\/span><br><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\"><span class=\"text Ps-8-3\" id=\"en-NASB-14016\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">3 <\/sup>When I consider  <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14016F%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">F<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-3\"><em>The  <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14016G%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">G<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> moon and the stars, which You have ordained;<\/em><\/span><br><em> <\/em><span class=\"text Ps-8-4\" id=\"en-NASB-14017\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">4 <\/sup> <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14017H%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">H<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> What is man that You take thought of him,<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-4\"><em>And the son of man that You care for him?<\/em><\/span><br><em> <\/em><span class=\"text Ps-8-5\" id=\"en-NASB-14018\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">5 <\/sup>Yet You have made him a  <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14018I%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">I<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> little lower than God,<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-5\"><em>And  <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14018J%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">J<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> You crown him with  <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14018K%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">K<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> glory and majesty!<\/em><\/span><br><em> <\/em><span class=\"text Ps-8-6\" id=\"en-NASB-14019\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">6 <\/sup>You make him to  <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14019L%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">L<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> rule over the works of Your hands;<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-6\"><em>You have  <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14019M%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">M<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> put all things under his feet,<\/em><\/span><br><em> <\/em><span class=\"text Ps-8-7\" id=\"en-NASB-14020\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">7 <\/sup>All sheep and oxen,<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-7\"><em>And also the beasts of the field,<\/em><\/span><br><em> <\/em><span class=\"text Ps-8-8\" id=\"en-NASB-14021\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">8 <\/sup>The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,<\/em><\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-8\"><em>Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<div class=\"line\"><em><span class=\"text Ps-8-9\" id=\"en-NASB-14022\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9 <\/sup> <sup class=\"crossreference\"><a href=\"%22#cen-NASB-14022N%22\" title='\"See' class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">N<\/a>)\u201d&gt;<\/sup> O <span class=\"small-caps\" style=\"font-variant: small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, our Lord,<\/span><br><span class=\"text Ps-8-9\">How majestic is Your name in all the earth!<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes when the world seems too crazy, and it\u2019s not Christmas, it\u2019s nice to sit back and let God do the talking; 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