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b'\\u201cJax!\\u201d Celine pointed eagerly to her microscope. \\u201cCome look at this.\\u201d Jax\\nput down the test tube he was holding and walked over to her. Thanks to the\\nartificial gravity in the station, he could move quickly. Outside, where\\nthere were no magnetized floors tugging at the flecks of iron embedded in\\nhis uniform and boots, walking would have felt like hopping from one side\\nof a swimming pool to the other. Things got done much more efficiently on\\nEnceladus at one g.\\n\\u201cWhat is it?\\u201d Jax was practically bouncing with excitement when he reached\\nCeline. \\u201cDid you find something?\\u201d Celine pointed to the slide clipped under\\nthe microscope lens and said, \\u201cTake a look at these rocks.\\u201d Jax stopped\\nbouncing. \\u201cRocks!\\u201d He peered into the microscope, then laughed. \\u201cYep, those\\nare rocks, all right.\\u201d He sighed. \\u201cYou got me all excited thinking you\\nfound something, you know\\u2014alive!\\u201d Celine shrugged and a gave a half-hearted\\napology. \\u201cSorry to disappoint you. But those rocks are exciting\\u2014they look\\ndifferent from the other ones we\\u2019ve sampled. I think they\\u2019re made up of\\ndifferent compounds.\\u201d Jax raised his eyebrows and said, \\u201cUm, I think I\\nmissed the part about why rocks with different compounds are exciting.\\u201d\\n\\u201cBecause it means we could be one step closer to finding life. Not all\\nmicroorganisms on Earth prefer the same food or environment. If there\\u2019s\\nlife on Enceladus, it probably works the same way. Microbes may need a\\nspecific type of environment to survive\\u2014one we haven\\u2019t found yet.\\u201d Jax\\nplopped down onto a lab stool and said, \\u201cOkay, I guess that is pretty\\nexciting.\\u201d He spun around on the stool\\u2019s wheels. Gravity was awesome. But\\nEnceladus\\u2019s tiny gravity\\u2014less than one percent of Earth\\u2019s\\u2014could be fun too.\\nThere was a game of low-g volleyball he was hoping to get in on later. \\u201cIf\\nthere is life on Enceladus, I hope we find it.\\u201d\\n\\u201cMe too.\\u201d Celine sighed. \\u201cBut sometimes it seems like a hopeless search.\\u201d\\nJax nodded slowly then said, \\u201cI feel that way too sometimes. But then I\\nremember that, whether we ever find anything on Enceladus or not, I\\u2019ve\\nalready found life\\u2014the life that really matters. Any disappointments in\\nthis life can\\u2019t compare to that.\\u201d \\u2022 Courtney Lasater\\n\\u2022 Read the verse below. What life do you think Jax is talking about at the\\nend of the story?\\n\\u2022 In John 14:6, Jesus says, \\u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life.\\u201d How\\ncan knowing Jesus help us weather life\\u2019s difficulties and disappointments?\\nAnd when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will\\nshare in all his glory. Colossians 3:4 (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPs.27.8|Jer.29.13|John.1.1-John.1.5|Col.3.4'