February 19, 2013 (Tuesday)
“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe” — Marcus Aurelius (2nd century A.D.)
San Francisco folks saw a meteor the night after the big Russian meteor hit and caused damage. The San Francisco event was just a bright streak across the sky. One wonders, “How many meteors hit the earth every day?” Glad I asked. The answer is “several thousand,” but most of them are no larger than a grain of rice. A few are larger. Rarely, some are the size of a car or a house. Every several hundred years or so, even bigger ones hit the earth. They usually cause a cataclysmic event of some sort, like a tsunami or an ice age. Most burn up in our atmosphere. If you know where and how to look, you can find craters or their remnants all over our planet.
As we keep our eyes pealed toward the heavens, let’s not forget the stuff below us that wells up as huge vents in the ocean and big volcanoes on land and in the sea. The earth is geologically active and an exciting place.
We do not lie awake at night, awaiting an earthquake, hurricane, tornado or worse. We close our eyes, thank the Lord for the day He has given us, and go to sleep. We rest well as we remember, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters, He restoreth my soul.”