The First Day

I was talking with the family this past Sunday about Easter, and "new beginnings" and I wanted to write a blog entry about it, but I just couldn't get any inspiration. Then I remembered that there was a news story the other day about the Hubble Telescope's 21st Anniversary.  Every once in a while, I "google" or "bing" 'hubble images' for new pictures.    After I look at these images, I marvel that 1) God created all of this and 2) He has allowed me to live in an age that has the technology to see more of His creation than Abraham, Isaac, Jacob or the Apostles ever imagined!  The more I meditate on these images, it only reinforces for me how great Heaven must be! Because as it is written: "What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him" (1Cor 2:9).

I don't think anyone could look at these images and not be awestruck by their sheer beauty, and by extension the Glory of the One Who created the universe.  By allowing us to 'see what eye has not seen' before, I can only conclude that Heaven must be even greater than this!
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Here's a few that I found today, beginning with a "rose of galaxies".

"A rose of galaxies"

This one reminds me of the Holy Trinity.  Notice how it's really bright in the middle, and the lens of the telescope refracts the light to form a "cross" from which the shape (IMO) of a dove is created.  The very first thought to cross my mind when I saw this picture was that the Holy Spirit is the Love of the Father for the Son  and of the Son for the Father.  The Holy Spirit then "proceeds from the Father and the Son" to guide all of us (through Christ) to our Father in Heaven.

 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,

the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters.

Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." Thus evening came, and morning followed--the first day.