Psalms 19:1-8
(1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork.
(2) Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.
(3) There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
(4) Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
(5) Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
(6) His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
(7) The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
(8) The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
This inspires me as a child of God to know that our walk for God is gone out through all the earth, and our words to the end of the world. It is imperative that we realize the great priveledge we have to be able to carry our talents, efforts, and livelihood into the Church of the living God. America may have been weakened by the lack of walking with God and carnality, but just as it was in this man's day so it can be in our day, we can be the people that inspire others to give themselves to the Kingdom. How many von Braun's are out there that need a place that they can trust and believe in so they can plant themselves in the kingdom and make their contribution to God's Church. This man made great accomplishments once he was planted in America:
- Apollo space program director Sam Phillips was quoted as saying that he did not think that America would have reached the moon as quickly as it did without von Braun's help. Later, after discussing it with colleagues, he amended this to say that he did not believe America would have reached the moon at all.
- The crater von Braun on the Moon is named after him.
- Von Braun received a total of 12 honorary doctorates, among them (on January 8, 1963) one from the Technical University of Berlin from which he had graduated.
- Von Braun was responsible for the creation of the Research Institute at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. As a result of his vision, the university is one of the leading universities in the nation for NASA-sponsored research. The building housing the university's Research Institute was named in his honor, Von Braun Research Hall, in 2000.
- Several German cities (Bonn, Neu-Isenburg, Mannheim,
- The Von Braun Center (built 1975) in Huntsville, Alabama is named in von Braun's honor.
- Scrutiny of von Braun's use of forced labor at the Mittelwerk intensified again in 1984 when Arthur Rudolph, one of his top affiliates from the A-4/V2 through to the Apollo projects, left the United States and was forced to renounce his citizenship in place of the alternative of being tried for war crimes.[52]
- A science- and engineering-oriented Gymnasium
- An avenue in the Annadale section of Staten Island, NY was named for him in 1977.
In the Prussian Amry (Germany) Wafen SS Officer until 1940
As an American Scientist became a NASA Rocket Scientist
Dr. Wernher von Braun
Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr[1] von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977), a German rocket physicist and astronautics engineer, became one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the United States. Wernher von Braun is sometimes said to be the preeminent rocket engineer of the 20th century.[2]
In his 20s and early 30s, von Braun was the central figure in Germany's pre-war rocket development program, responsible for the design and realization of the deadly V-2 combat rocket during World War II. After the war, he and some of his rocket team were taken to the United States as part of the then-secret Operation Paperclip. In 1955, ten years after entering the country, von Braun became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Von Braun worked on the American intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program before joining NASA, where he served as director ofNASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon.[3] In the words of NASA, he is "without doubt, the greatest rocket scientist in history. His crowning achievement ... was to lead the development of the Saturn V booster rocket that helped land the first men on the Moon in July 1969."[4] He received the 1975 National Medal of Science.
On Adolf Hitler: "I began to see the shape of the man – his brilliance, the tremendous force of personality. It gripped you somehow. But also you could see his flaw — he was wholly without scruples, a godless man who thought himself the only god, the only authority he needed."
Upon surrendering with his rocket team to the Americans in 1945: "We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what nation, to what victorious nation we were willing to entrust this brainchild of ours was a moral decision more than anything else. We wanted to see the world spared another conflict such as Germany had just been through, and we felt that only by surrendering such a weapon to people who are guided by the Bible could such an assurance to the world be best secured."
You can click the link to go to the wikipedia page that gives all the details, but I am inspired today, you never know who may be the person's door you are knocking or the person you are next to in line, or the person that you meet on the job, it could be someone who is looking for those "Bible" believing folks, a place where they can plant their lives, a place where they can give their talents to and trust that they will be used for the right reason. And Lord help us not forget and take it for granted that we have that oppuritnity now, Lord help us to be all that we can, In Jesus Name.
What a mission we have to do for God....
Bro Blanchard
