When camping in the mountains one of the most amazing things is about an hour after the sun goes down. Because there are no streetlights, buildings with lights, or car headlights on - it is much easier to see the stars. This happens because of the extreme darkness in the mountains compared to when you or I are in the city an hour after the sun goes down.
Then when the sun is down, and people look up in the sky there is an abundance of stars to see. More stars than we are used to seeing. Finding the Big Dipper, the North Star, the Little Dipper or one of many other constellations is so much easier and each one is so much more defined.
I remember a song about the sky that I learned when I was in the mountains going to church camp. Here are the words:
In the stars His handiwork I see,
On the wind He speaks with majesty,
Though He ruleth over land and sea,
What is that to me?
I will celebrate Nativity,
For it has a place in history,
Sure, He came to set His people free,
What is that to me?
Till by faith I met Him face to face,
and I felt the wonder of His grace,
Then I knew that He was more than just a
God who didn’t care,
That lived a way out there and
Now He walks beside me day by day,
Ever watching o’er me lest I stray,
Helping me to find the narrow way,
He’s Everything to me.
This song has reminded me that God is the creator and that He made me and knows me. He created not only me in my mother’s womb, but He created the stars and vast space in which we live.
