Did you ever stop to consider that we as humans are able to experience only a minute fraction of Creation? Only 6,000 stars (at best) are visible to the naked eye. There are 100 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, and the Milky Way is only one of millions of galaxies. There are distant stars being formed whose light will not reach our planet for millions of years. Depending on your view on the age of the universe, there were stars burning, planets spinning, and countless creatures prowling the earth before we even arrived on the scene.
Reflecting on the existence of 17,000 known trilobite species that skittered beneath the surface of prehistoric waters, one of my professors once remarked that God must simply enjoy creating things and watching them, that the diversity and abundance of creation is a reflection of an endlessly productive God. Does it ever occur to us that, although we have been assigned as its temporary stewards, Creation was not ultimately created for us but for God--the only one capable of enjoying its full expanse?
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