20 May, 2010
Ocean's Depth and Volume Revealed
The Earth's oceans are among the most mysterious places on the planet, but scientists now have at least figured out how deep the oceans are and just how much water they hold.
A group of scientists used satellite measurements to get new estimates of these values, which turned out to be 0.3 billion cubic miles (1.332 billion cubic kilometers) for the volume of the oceans and 12,080.7 feet (3,682.2 meters) for the average ocean depth.
Photo and full story can be found at www.news.yahoo.com.
5 Your unfailing love, O Lord, is as vast as the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
your justice like the ocean depths.
You care for people and animals alike, O Lord.
7 How precious is your unfailing love, O God!
All humanity finds shelter
in the shadow of your wings.
8 You feed them from the abundance of your own house,
letting them drink from your river of delights.
9 For you are the fountain of life,
the light by which we see.
What does God's Story have to say about the depth of the ocean?
I don't know about you, but when I think about the ocean, to even try to comprehend the depth, let alone volume, is nearly impossible. Then we here David compare God's righteousness to the ocean depths. What could that possibly mean?
Check out how the Life Application Bible explains it ... "[God's] judgments are as full of wisdom as the oceans are with water." WOW! That's full!
Connecting My Story to God's Story
Do you ever experience times when you question God's justice?
Do you ever start to think that you actually know better than God how to handle a situation?
Causing us to doubt is one of Satan's biggest strategies to pull us away from the Father. Spend some time today asking the Father to constantly remind you that His Justice is like the ocean depths.
Do you know someone who is struggling to find the justice in the world around them? Find a way to share today's Psalm from God's Story with them. Remind them that even when we don't understand, the Heavenly Father is still in control and he want us to grow to trust Him fully.
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