The Universe That Left NASA Speechless

When NASA unveiled the first deep-field images from the James Webb Space Telescope in July 2022, project scientist Jane Rigby stood before the press with tears in her eyes. The photograph showed thousands of galaxies clustered in a patch of sky no larger than a grain of sand held at arm's length. Light from those galaxies had been traveling for over 13 billion years just to reach the telescope's mirror.

"I went and had a little cry," Rigby admitted.

She wasn't alone. Across social media, hardened scientists posted the images with one-word captions: "Speechless." "Humbled." "Awestruck." Something about staring into the unfathomable depths of the cosmos reduced brilliant minds to stammering wonder.

David understood that impulse three thousand years earlier. "The heavens declare the glory of God," he wrote. "Day after day they pour forth speech." The sky has been preaching the longest sermon in history — no words, no audible language, yet its voice carries to the ends of the earth.

But David didn't stop there. He pivoted from the grandeur of the cosmos to the intimacy of Scripture: "The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul." The same God who flung galaxies across the void also whispered specific words meant for you — words that revive, that enlighten, that endure forever. Creation makes you gasp. His Word makes you whole.