The Hubble Space Telescope can see out to a distance of several billions of light-years. A light-year is the distance that light travels in 1 year. Since light has a speed of 186,000 miles per second (light can travel about 7 times around the entire earth in 1 second!), light travels about 5,865,696,000,000 miles in just one year. You can attach 9 more zeros to the end of this to get 1 billion light-years and another one for 10 billion light-years. The farthest that Hubble has seen so far is about 10-15 billion light-years away. The farthest area looked at is called the Hubble Deep Field.

So, the Hubble Telescope can see several billions of light years into space, trying to spy on the remote activity of the Horse-head Nebula located farthest east on Orion’s Belt, but who is looking for the broken heart right around the corner? The Telescope can see the ghostly tentacles of Tarantula Nebula in the H2 region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, but who is watching for the abused children being violated in our neighborhoods and schools? We search the Heavens and miss heaven with us. For, Jesus was God with us. And He is alive, not dead. He can still hear because he is still here.  

Jesus is the Shepherd watching for you. You may not serve him. You may not even believe in Him. But he sees you. He knows the strain. He is cognizant of your stress. When the panic attacks hit, he is there, waiting. He won’t force his way in your heart. He won’t knock down the door. He is not a breaking and entering God. He is a compassionate savior standing at the door. He gently knocks. He hopes you will answer. He desires you to have faith, to believe even in the most unbelievable moments.

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