An Amazing Photo of the Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Last night was the peak of the Lyrids Meteor Shower. This is the current meteor shower of 2019. But remembering back to January, the following photo, taken by Vincent Duparc over La Palma (one of Spain's Canary Islands) shows an amazing time-lapse of the Quadrantid Meteor Shower, the "Big Dipper" and a comet.
This sky-event, which the Bible refers to as "falling stars" is caused by streams of solid particles - the size of a speck of dust and larger - which move as a group through space. Most often, meteor streams are caused by the dust expelled from a comet. In this composite image, careful inspection reveals the faint green coma of Comet Wirtanen.
The meteor paths are actually all parallel to each other, but like train tracks disappearing into the distance, perspective causes them to look like they radiate out from a single point in the distance.
In this way, meteors have a powerful lesson to teach us - our perspective on things is not always right, even if it appears to be "right" to our point of view. Awareness that our beliefs could be wrong is a vital part of wisdom.
As one Hebrew scholar once point out to us, "Consider how much you have grown in your understanding of what is Truth over the last decade. How much of what you believed to be true 10 years ago do you still believe? In other words, what percentage of what you used to believe do you still hold as truth?"
After waiting a moment for us to consider his question, he responded, "Probably about 90%. Is that about right?"
We agreed.
He continued, "So, 10% of what you used to believe to be true has proven to be false, after searching the Scriptures. Is that an accurate statement?"
"Yes", we agreed again.
"That's about the percentage of most folks. And that demonstrates something important. Simply because you firmly believe in something, doesn't mean that your point of view is actually right. We all continue to grow in the Word. And as we do, we discover that many things we've believed prove true. But we also continually discover that some things we have long believed prove to have been false. Our perspective on it was distorted. And if 10% of what we believe proves wrong, over time, that aught to be enough to keep us humble and teachable."
I often think of what this Hebrew scholar said especially when I look at meteors which appear to radiate out, but actually run parallel to each other... Perspective... Humble... Teachable...
Yes... Still learning...
Last night was the peak of the Lyrids Meteor Shower. This is the current meteor shower of 2019. But remembering back to January, the following photo, taken by Vincent Duparc over La Palma (one of Spain's Canary Islands) shows an amazing time-lapse of the Quadrantid Meteor Shower, the "Big Dipper" and a comet.
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| Image Credit and Copyright Vincent Duparc |
The meteor paths are actually all parallel to each other, but like train tracks disappearing into the distance, perspective causes them to look like they radiate out from a single point in the distance.
In this way, meteors have a powerful lesson to teach us - our perspective on things is not always right, even if it appears to be "right" to our point of view. Awareness that our beliefs could be wrong is a vital part of wisdom.
As one Hebrew scholar once point out to us, "Consider how much you have grown in your understanding of what is Truth over the last decade. How much of what you believed to be true 10 years ago do you still believe? In other words, what percentage of what you used to believe do you still hold as truth?"
After waiting a moment for us to consider his question, he responded, "Probably about 90%. Is that about right?"
We agreed.
He continued, "So, 10% of what you used to believe to be true has proven to be false, after searching the Scriptures. Is that an accurate statement?"
"Yes", we agreed again.
"That's about the percentage of most folks. And that demonstrates something important. Simply because you firmly believe in something, doesn't mean that your point of view is actually right. We all continue to grow in the Word. And as we do, we discover that many things we've believed prove true. But we also continually discover that some things we have long believed prove to have been false. Our perspective on it was distorted. And if 10% of what we believe proves wrong, over time, that aught to be enough to keep us humble and teachable."
I often think of what this Hebrew scholar said especially when I look at meteors which appear to radiate out, but actually run parallel to each other... Perspective... Humble... Teachable...
Yes... Still learning...
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