Stars!

Do you know there are stars in the sky? 

I mean lots and lots of stars?  We live in the city, under a canopy of lovely trees, so it is a rare occasion when we see a skyful of stars.  We saw them this week as we headed home from Door County; I made my dear one stop the car on a deserted road next to a cornfield, turn off the car, and stand outside so we could see.  The Milky Way!  It's still up there!  We hadn't seen that for a decade, if then. 

As I contemplated that umbrella over us covered with pinholes, especially once we got back in the car and I stared through the sunroof at it, I marveled that God chose to place life on one little tiny planet flung out into the midst of it all.  And that that planet had everything it needed to sustain that life--distance from sun and moon and other stars.  And that He created that life with a word.  And that He then descended to that life in the form of a man, to rescue that little tiny speck of life from destruction.  And that that life is us.  Me. 

Wow.  Such a God we have.  Such a God who loves us. 

Step outside where there is no city light, soon, and wonder at the greatness of our God.