He also made the stars… Genesis 1:16
Since there is much light pollution in many areas in the Netherlands, many stars in the Netherlands are invisible. Therefore I really enjoy the gorgeous nightly skies here at Capernwray. There are no street lights in the surroundings. The only light you can see, is the light of the lamps outside the Hall. An other day I went for a walk at night. The sky was perfectly clear; no clouds at all. I was amazed by the amount of stars. As I kept looking, more and more of them appeared in the sky. I turned around to watch the other end of the sky; there was no difference. Everywhere around me were stars.
I realised that the One who made the stars is my Maker, my Creator. He made men in the same week He made the stars. Creation turned from good in very good at the day God made men in His image. Imagine the whole extent of the universe: God made it all! It is measureless, indescribable and great. And this God, in His wisdom spent only 5 words on this wonderful workmanship. Yet, He spends a whole Bible to let us know how much He loves us.
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
or loose the cords of the Orion?”
“No God, I can’t.
When I consider Your heavens
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and stars,
which you have ordained;
what is man that You take thoughts of him
and the son of man that You care for him.
Night reveals knowledge to night
and the darkness is not dark to You.
The night will shine like the day.”
[Job 38, Psalm 8, 19 & 139]
The spectacle of the stars in the sky takes my breath away. It reminds me of the One who breathed me breath in my nostrils. Why should I fear when the Maker of the universe is my God and Father?
Corine
