The Declaration Of The Heavens

Starry Starry Night

Tonight, from the back deck the stars looked like they were reaching down for the earth, they were bright and beautiful. One star, Jen said, I wish we knew their names, was especially interesting. Just above the ponderosa pine it was shining brightly, twinkling even, in the western sky. Just below, (well below from our perspective) I guess you could say to the north and west, there was a ray of light, just a speck really, attached at times to the star we can’t name. It looked like it was blinking, white, red, and green, in no particular order, and no specific tempo. I wondered if it was just my eyes, so I began to explain what I was seeing to Jen and she jumped in and said, before I mentioned colors, it blinks red and green. It was so subtle I really wondered if that was what I was seeing, but her words confirmed it.

As I meditated on the night sky, like I often do, I began to think about space, eternity, life, death, infinity, and all those subjects that are really beyond me. I thought of the words of the Psalmist, “The heavens declare the glory of God.” Well, do they?

Are we, as we are told by some, just a mote of matter, accidently present in a vast universe that somehow or another has developed consciousness, self awareness, and intellect. Are we just the highest level of evolved protoplasm, or are we the apple of a loving Creator’s eye, the creatures to whom He declares His everlasting love? Do the heavens declare the glory of God, or does the psalm declare the creative genius of evolution?

That loving Creator is the force that draws me to be a better person. He is what urges me toward love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. Without the desire to know and walk with the creator, these attributes would mean little to me.

Am I saying that I am a better person that the unbeliever. That I am more patient, loving, kind, good, etc.? No! I am saying that they are a better person than me. Because without the desire to fellowship with God, I am not sure I would care too much about others.

This planet is a better place because it has the loving attention of the one who sits in the heavens. When we forget God, we become a less friendly place. I am a better person because of the Love of God.

All this from thinking about a blinking star.

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