Isaiah 40:26 NIV

Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

A few weeks ago, I awoke in the early hours of the morning with an intense desire to view shooting stars. So leaping out of bed, I make my way outside, in hopes that the clouds hovering over the bay area would be gone.

I was not disappointed; the sky’s panorama was black, clear, and perfect. The beautiful crescent moon was offset by the planet Venus and bright stars shining and sparkling like fine, flawless diamonds accompanied it. I marveled at God’s love and how his handiworks created everything for the benefit of humanity.   

Feeling captivated by the scene, I think of an expression from the movie Roots, “behold the only thing greater than yourself.” At that moment, I am completely reassured that there is no one or anything greater than our God. The sight moves me into a state of prayer, worship, and reflection. At some point, I glance upwards just in time to witness the start of a spectacular heavenly event.   

I see four stars in a single row, begin a slow glide towards the moon, and one by one seemingly vanished before reaching it. As soon as one set of stars vanishes, another four to five appear to take their place. Each star navigates towards the moon as if being gently reeled in by an invisible string.   
 

The show goes on for quite some time until the last star in the sequence disappears. Later, when two stars in another location streak across the dark sky, I recall why I went outside in the first place. I was grateful that my God, faithful to his nature as a good father, decided to provide me, His child, with the desire of my heart.   

Such a thrill, I had never seen or heard of anything like it before.  

For me, the experience provides several insights about God’s love for us. First, there is no darkness so vast or too deep that it can bind or block out God’s light. Darkness can never limit God. If His light can pierce through the deepest depths of the darkness enveloping outer space, it can certainly pierce through and eradicate our life’s’ darkest moments.   

Next, since God is on a personal basis with billions of stars in the galaxy, surely he must know and care about those made after His own image. His caring nature means we really can approach him regarding the seemingly small or insignificant things that are important only to us.

Finally, all of life’s experiences continue to teach how God rewards those who diligently seek him. And that He also gives us much more than we choose to ask or think. To quote the lyricist, Troy Sneed, “So amazing, so amazing, amazing is my God.”  

Psalms 8: 3-9 NIV

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 5 You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. 6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

~Much Love~

Cynthia