Have you ever stood outside on a clear night and gazed at the sky — and wondered? Indeed, there is all the more to wonder at, now that man has begun to explore the depths of the universe.
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second and the nearest star (other than the sun) is twenty-five light-years away. Yet modern telescopes can see galaxies millions of light years away.
Why did God make the stars? We might reply, ‘O Lord … thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created’ (Revelation 4:11). And indeed that would be enough, could we add no more. But we can add more, because he made the stars for us.
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