"Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted from them."

Possibly the most awesome and fantastic picture I have ever seen is the earth-moon shot taken by the Apollo astronauts. Emerging from behind the moon for the first time after entering lunar orbit, there in the foreground is the moon landscape. In the background, emerging from the blackness of space is the earth, 230,000 miles away.

How insignificant we as individuals appear from such distance. From this picture, we view our home as a round ball with deep blue oceans and swirling white cloud cover. Yet, how perfectly has this round ball, sitting in space, been made for us to inhabit. Once a day it turns around. Once per year it revolves around the sun. Night and …