"Get behind me Satan"

(Mark 8:33) "You are not thinking as God thinks but as humans do." (Matthew 16:23) "You are an obstacle in my path. You are not thinking as God thinks but as humans do." Many use the phase "get behind me Satan" when facing a sinful thought. Jesus truely revealed the deity that he is when he responded this way in rebuke to Peter for trying to tell Jesus he was wrong about His coming crucefiction. He knew His path, His purpoe and His destiny. The will of His Father was His will. He was one with His Father in every way to the point of death and beyond. It was the purpose for which He became flesh and blood to walk among us. His birth was a sacred gift to us that gives forever. Take time this Christmas to remember how precious that gift is and that the selfless way in which Mary and Joseph gave of themselves to allow that to happen. We must be humble and thankful for our God's love everlasting. He was willing to become as we are, Flesh and blood, that He might feel what we feel, experience all that we experience and take on all of our sins on Himself when He was crucified on the cross. His birth is all of that and so much more. Be sure to bend the knee and bow your head in thanks for such a selfless gift on His birthday. No other gift is comparable to His in any way.

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This week Weare going to see some of the wonders of our own galaxy.

1. The Pleiades star cluster immersed in nebulosity.  

2. Abell 39, a nebula formed from a dying star puffung away its outer layers.

3.The Crab nebula. Super Nova remnant containing a neutron star in it's center ironizing the remnant gases making them glow.

4. Super Nova 1987A. The ring of lights are actually the shock front crashing into the gases previously shed by the progenitor star. The rings above and below the shock front are also gases shed by the progenitor. 

5. Another dying star losing it's outer layers of gas becoming a white dwarf star.

6. IC 418 The Spirograph nebula. This is still another example of a dying star.

7. Our milky Way as seen under a dark unpolluted shy. We forget the beauty of the sky when the light polution was not a problem of civilization. The wonders that drew us to the stars is fast disappearing as artificial lights pollute the earth. 

That will do it for this week. Have a Very Merry Christmas. God Bless and keep you safe. Remember to always "Love The Details."