stars...

Last night was amazing. God was so kind to encourage me through one of my favorite things.

About 2 minutes from my house is a hill (hills being rare in fl). Coming up it at night is cool because the sky is very dark and the stars shine out like a thousand sparkling mirrors. (hurrah for the absence of street lights) The moon had just risen and was very low in the sky. Very reddish-brown--it looked like a rock from New Mexico. (not cheese. i've never seen how the moon could look like cheese.) There's a paved road that goes nowhere so I pulled over and turned the car off. I sat there conversing with God a little.
When I got home I went out back and laid in the grass. The stars were so bright, the sky so huge...I couldn't speak if I wanted to. Sometimes they make me feel so small, insignificant and powerless. But not in a mopey sort of way. It's comforting. It reminds me that I'm like one of the smallest pricks of light, resting in God's hands as He controls everything around me. Stars remind me of home. My real, eternal home. I don't know why, there's something in me that feels a closer to God and heaven when I'm alone in the inky darkness under them. I always come inside longing for eternity. Maybe bittersweet? I can't explian it. God's ways are indescribable and leave me in too much awe to communicate well.
leaving.

Comments

Anonymous said…
stars are good. I think I started this whole blogging about the stars bit didn't I? hahahahaha. Oh yeah, I have seen the moon, when it looks like cheese. Maybe that's just a Canadian thing. haha
Anonymous said…
Damascus! I am shocked that you haven't written about our little TU episode in the church parking lot!
overthinker said…
OH YES amber and i did a TU off of the curb in the church parking lot to say goodbye to jess and beth. only i was in a skirt. so it was rather a lame girly one. and i laugehd so hard afterwards i fell into the bushes almost. happy amber?
hehehehe
overthinker said…
sorry joel. i liekd the stars before i even meeted you. and i didnt knwo ya'll had posted about them.
Anonymous said…
I posted about them lots, and talked about them often.
Anonymous said…
you are all winners.