Just read this on the BBC website and thought it might interest some."According to recent estimates, there are 10 times more stars in the visible Universe than all the grains of sand on every beach and desert in the world." http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/3148041.stmAustralian astronomers have calculated that the number of 'visible' stars is 70 sextillion, or seven followed by 22 zeroes. That is more than the total number of grains of sand in all the Earth's beaches and deserts. But that is only the stars in the visible Universe within range of our telescopes.couldn't help but think of... Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;Hebrews 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.I'm a star, I'm a star... mmmm I'm also a grain of sand.. that keeps things in perspective.ps for the literalists there are about 5000 identifiable stars visible to the naked eye. The essence of this verse is that stars and sand are 'innumerable'.
