Monday August 22 2016  MUSIC OF THE UNIVERSE

Well folks, I think I am on the mend.  I had two days off without much exertion and both my leg, and my ribs have much less pain today.  I did go to the gym for therapy exercise and it too was much less stressful.  Perhaps full recovery is in sight.  I certainly hope so because I have two weddings coming up in September and October and the doctor feels certain I should be able to handle them.  That has given me some encouragement.

Another decision I have made is to follow the orders of my long term physician regarding lying down one hour each day with my legs elevated above my heart.  I have always fought this “therapy” due to the fact that I didn’t want to give up another hour of my day.  By lying down my kidneys kick in and then I don’t retain so much fluid.  And on Sundays I plan to sleep during that time!  So you can see, I am slowly becoming acclimated to being retired (and if truth be told, TO BEING OLDER)!

I just hung up from my cousin Steven, Uncle John’s oldest son, who lives in California.  We talked away all my blogging time but I found out some interesting facts about my uncle.  I choose not to write the story tonight as I need more time to do so than I have left this evening.  For those of you who are looking forward to the sequel please be on notice that I plan to write it tomorrow. 

To those who haven’t been long time readers of my blog I want to give you one of my favorite websites to go to.  When Dave and I traveled this past April we visited a church in the Lexington, Kentucky area.  I was so amazed at the outreach that this church had in their community and in the world.  Since I have been home I have listened to over 4 years worth of Sunday morning sermons online.  I am so blessed each time I hear a new sermon.  I learn something new every single day.  I enjoy how one of the pastors explains the meanings of the Hebrew and Greek in relationship to the word used in the English translation.  These insights have given me new understanding of what so many of the scripture’s underlying meaning really is.  I wanted to once again share this website for those who have not been reading my blog long enough to have already been made aware of it.  www.southlandchristian.org.

One topic I listened to recently was about Creation.  It was preached on November 25, 2012 and the title was “LOUDER THAN CREATION”.  It told a brief synopsis of how a German born man, named Johannes Kepler believed through mathematical calculations that the planets and stars created a music that filled the universe.    Some of the below facts which I included below are tedious and have lots of words underlined due to my copying them from the blog site, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler .  I found Kepler’s story to be quite interesting, especially having just toured the Creation Museum in Kentucky a couple of weeks ago.  The scripture also speaks about God’s creation making music and sounds of praise.  Here are some facts I thought you might find interesting.

“Johannes Kepler lived from December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630.  A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his laws of planetary motion, based on his works “Astronomia” “Nova“, “Harmonices Mundi“, and “Epitome of Copernican Astronomy“.  These works also provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton‘s theory of universal gravitation.

Kepler was a mathematics teacher at a seminary school in Graz, Austria, where he became an associate of Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg.  Later he became an assistant to the astronomer Tycho Brahe, and eventually he was the imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II and his two successors, Matthias and Ferdinand II.  He was also a mathematics teacher in Linz, Austria, and an adviser to General Wallenstein.  Additionally, he did fundamental work in the field of optics, invented an improved version of the refracting telescope (the Keplerian telescope), and was mentioned in the telescopic discoveries of his contemporary Galileo Galilei.

Kepler lived in an era when there was no clear distinction between astronomy and astrology, but there was a strong division between astronomy (a branch of mathematics within the liberal arts) and physics (a branch of natural philosophy).   Kepler also incorporated religious arguments and reasoning into his work, motivated by the religious conviction and belief that God had created the world according to an intelligible plan that is accessible through the natural light of reason.  Kepler described his new astronomy as “celestial physics” as, “an excursion into Aristotle‘s Metaphysics“, and as “a supplement to Aristotle’s,  “On the Heavens“, transforming the ancient tradition of physical cosmology by treating astronomy as part of a universal mathematical physics.

He proved himself to be a superb mathematician and earned a reputation as a skillful astronomer. Under the instruction of Michael Maestlin, Tübingen’s professor of mathematics from 1583 to 1631, he learned both the Ptolemaic system and the Copernican system of planetary motion. He became a Copernican at that time. In a student disputation, he defended heliocentrism from both a theoretical and theological perspective, maintaining that the Sun was the principal source of motive power in the universe.  Despite his desire to become a minister, near the end of his studies Kepler was recommended for a position as teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the Protestant school in Graz. He accepted the position in April 1594, at the age of 23.”

Now I didn’t understand all the systems and education qualifications relating to Kepler, but I included them in the above text as they were part of the original website.  This was by no means the entire text of the website.  Nor do I know the meanings of some of the words.  I’ll let you discover more about the topic if you are interested.

THROUGH MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS KEPLER BELIEVED THAT THE UNIVERSE HAD A MUSIC ALL OF ITS OWN.  In recent history his mathematical calculations were proven to be very close to the accurate calculations from modern day.  He insisted that because of the movement in outer space music of a certain key was constantly being created but was unable to be heard by the human ear.  This has since been discovered and proven to be true.  With modern technology many of these sounds have been detected and translated to the sound levels that the human ear can detect.  I googled “music of outer space” and was actually able to listen to the deciphered sounds.

Personally, I do believe in the Bible’s literal translation of creation.  I also believe the Word of God when it speaks that nature gives praise to the Creator.  Below are scriptures that ascribe my belief.

 

“Psalm 19:1-4 (NKJV)

19 The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
² Day unto day utters speech,
And night unto night reveals knowledge.
³ There is no speech nor language
Where their voice is not heard.
⁴ Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.

In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,”

 

“Isaiah 55:12 (NKJV)

¹² For you shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace;
The mountains and the hills
Shall break forth into singing before you,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”

 

“Psalm 93:3 (NKJV)

³ The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.”

 

“Psalm 96:11 (NKJV)

¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
Let the sea roar, and all its fullness;
¹² Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it.
Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord.”

 

“Psalm 98:8 (NKJV)

⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord,”

 

GOD HEARS IT ALL

By Kathleen Martens

August 22, 2016

 

Sometimes I just imagine

That creation’s worship I hear.

As I stand in awe and listen

I’m aware that God is near.

 

The rustling of the trees

Sing out in murmuring praise,

As a storm hums its song

Throughout blustery days.

 

Raindrops patter window panes,

Melody soft and sweet,

And fields become a joyous chorus

As drafts rustle wheat.

 

And the beauty of the universe

Creates a song in my heart,

And though its volume undetected

Its joy never departs.

 

For it may be heard

By only God alone.

Perhaps exclusively created

Just in heavenly tone.

 

Howling canyons sing their praise

With harmonic clamor,

As the universe sings to God,

Always in perfect manner.

 

Even the leaves as they fall

Create delicate, tinkling tunes,

As does sifting, desert sands

Shape new drawings in the dunes.

 

Even the softest flower petal

Whispers as it falls.

And the earth again is glad

That God can hear it all.

 

Thank You God for Your Creation.

Thank You for allowing me to know that even the Universe sings its praise unto You.

Thank You for brilliant people in this world.

Thank You for all Your creation.

Thank You that Your creation is so beautiful.

Thank You for bees.

Thank You for the sunshine.

Thank You for all the food You have created.

 

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU.