A Prayer for Earth Day by Jennifer Heron Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex.

Your workmanship is marvelous, how well I know it, Psalm 139 verse 14.

The definition of faith is to believe in things that we cannot see, and God rewards and

loves faith, but there is plenty to see that builds faith as well.

There are three ways that you can be sure that God is real.

Number one, the placement of Earth in the universe.

In space, stars often explode into supernovas.

The Earth, however, is located in such a position that it doesn't fall victim to devastating

collisions with stars.

Our moon also protects us from collisions with debris.

Nearby Jupiter draws objects that have the potential to hit the Earth.

In the universe, too many stars grouped together can cause immense radiation.

The Earth only has a few stars near it, so too much radiation isn't a problem.

Somehow our planet is placed in just the right position to protect it.

Number two, the climate for life on Earth.

The Earth is just the right distance from our solar system sun.

Any closer, and we, as well as our water supply, would burn up in any further we'd freeze.

In the tilt of our planet makes a huge difference.

If it was tilted differently, temperatures would quickly rise or lower to extremes.

The size of the Earth is also just right to hold exactly the right amount of oxygen and

carbon dioxide, both are essential to sustaining life.

The Earth is different from every other planet around it, and it contains the perfect conditions

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