Moses, who was one of the
greatest prophets the world has ever known, was raised
by Pharaoh's daughter and spent the first
40 years of his life in the royal halls of Egypt. He knew firsthand the
glory and grandeur of that ancient kingdom. Years later, on the top of a
distant mountain, far removed from the splendor and
magnificence of mighty Egypt, Moses stood in the
presence of God and spoke to Him face to face
as a man speaks with his friend. During the course
of that visitation, God showed Moses the
workmanship of His hands, granting him a glimpse
of His work and glory. The universe is so large,
mysterious, and glorious that it is incomprehensible
to the human mind. "Worlds without number have I
created," God said to Moses. The wonders of the night sky
are a beautiful testimony of that truth. There are few things
that have filled me with such breathless awe as
flying in the black of night across oceans and continents
and looking out my cockpit window upon the infinite
glory of millions of stars. Astronomers have attempted
to count the number of stars in the universe. One group of
scientists estimates that the number of stars
within range of our telescopes is 10 times greater than all the
grains of sand on the world's beaches and deserts.
