He draws near
And the earth is disturbed
He draws away
And the earth rests easy
He draws near from where?
He draws away to where
The New Horizons spacecraft
After 9 years of space travel
Reached the planet Pluto
It took 9 hours of space travel
To receive its first picture of the planet
– Prayer it seems takes a split second
Beyond the range of telescopes
Beyond the mapped universe
Out of reach of all of His creation
This fabulous God seems to live
He can move quicker than an atom
He can hear even our thoughts
He can focus like a microscope on the smallest thing
Pluto was too far away to be seen
Pluto was the last to be explored
Pluto astonished the scientists
with its heart-shaped land feature
No one had seen its heart before
It was so far away in space
Perhaps it was a sign
Perhaps it was a symbol
Perhaps God too has a heart
If he draws nearer in anger
The universe quakes
If he draws near in love
Like a mother hen, he covers his chicks
It is not only a very special earth
It is a very special solar system
Pluto with the heart shape
