Lights in the firmament of the heavens

"See the highest stars, how lofty they are!"

Job 22:12

Did you see any of the meteor shower this past weekend?  It was so cool.  We lay out in our backyard both Saturday and Sunday nights, but Saturday was definitely the better night.  We saw several meteors streaking across the sky.  Some smaller and briefer, others larger, and leaving a trail behind them for a second or so. 

Photo credit: earthsky.org

We lay on the ground in our backyard for 45 minutes on Saturday night, and about 20 minutes the next night.  We probably would have tried to last longer, but we'd all been swimming that day, and that, and the heat we've been having lately, had left us a little drained.  And of course, it's really not very comfortable to lie on the ground for any prolonged period of time...

But it was fun to lie there next to each other.  We talked and laughed and quoted movie lines, and then oohed and aahed and pointed at the sky.  Which was silly and pointless really, when all four of us were already looking at the sky....

But there was also silence for long minutes.  We just lay there and looked and thought to ourselves.  And I don't know about them, but I was thinking a lot about God.   I thought about when He created the heavens and the stars.   I thought about how many stars He has put up there, and that I can't even see them all!  I thought about the patterns they make, and the differences from season to season and hemisphere to hemisphere. 

If everything He has created reflects Him, then I think stars reflect His beauty, and His mystery.  And His light.  And sparkle.  A lot to think about.  And such glorious thoughts to think!

~ "He counts the number of the stars;

He calls them all by name" ~

Psalm 147:4

~ "I consider the heavens, 

the work of Your fingers,

the moon and the stars, 

which You have ordained" ~

Psalm 8:3