13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds.
That’s the weight of the earth.
Why doesn’t it sink or drop into a black void? I have a hard enough time hanging a picture on a wall or holding myself up by 9 p.m.
We take for granted that a plane won’t fall out of the sky while we’re on it, but even our flights get bounced around by turbulence. Have you ever experienced the earth having a bad day…bumping you around a bit?
I don’t know how 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds doesn’t just drop like a lead zeppelin, but God does.
Perhaps that’s why we should let him carry the weight of the world on his shoulders.
PORTAL TO HEAVEN: The weight of evidence seems to be on God’s side when it comes to portals to heaven.
And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”…grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ…
Job 26:14 NIV, Ephesians 3:18 NIV