How Many Galaxies are There Anyways?

What would you do if they give you a one time check for the budget used just to explore for new galaxies?  Billions every year are used for space exploration.  They say it beneifts us, but it sounds more like some people are just getting the thrill of seeing these amazing creations of God before anybody else. 

So the answer to my title question:  Nobody knows!  Infact they are constantly finding new galaxies they never knew existed.  Wouldn't it be cool to visit an observatory and see trhough some high powered telespope and see other galaxies or just the planets in our own?

Well, there is something in the Bible that says that we will never fully understand as well.  Are you ready?  It is how much God loves you and me.  "and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge" Eph 3:19  In fact this verse is part of a prayer that Paul the Apostle prayed for the believers in Ephesians.  He prayed for a few things in this verse, but I am just going to focus on love. 

In verse 17 the Bible states "that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love."    What a prayer. . . .to have a foundation based on our understanding of God's love for us.  The greater our understanding of His love for us the easier it will be to believe that He has good things in store for us and wants to use us.

Let me illustrate this the best I can.  As a parent I have a deep love for my boys.  They are constantly on my mind, and I will do all that I can to take care of them and make sure they have a good life.  You know what ~  Even thought I hug and kiss my boys and do good things for them, they will never fully understand how much I love them.  I never understood this until I had my first son.  If that is the case with my relationship with my children, how much more does God love us beyond our comprehension?

John 3:16 says, " For God SO loved the world."  He didn't just love the world He made appoint of emphasizing that He SO loved.  John, the apostle, had such a revelation of God's love, even while writing about himself he called himself "the Apostle whom Jesus Loved."  No wonder his books declare thing like "God is love, "faith works by love" etc. 

How about this verse, "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me"  Galations 2:20  How many of you have heard that verse quoted before.  What a great verse!  However, this is only half of it.  Paul also had a revelation of God's love.  Lets look at the whole verse.  "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."   Now I get it. . . . The revelation to us here is that Jesus us loved me so much that He gave himself for me.  In return I will now give my life for Him. 

I don't want to write a book in this blog on love, but my prayer is that we get a greater revelation of how much God loves us.  He loves in spite of our imperfections and failures, He loves us because that is who He is.

Romans 8:37-39

"But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. "