Last night was the first time since being in NL that I actually noticed the stars. Usually there's a blanket of clouds that covers this beautiful country, which doesn't allow the stars to shine through. Last night I was walking home from the tram stop after 'Life Group' (which is my church's name for small groups) and I noticed the stars. I smiled. I love looking up at the stars. It always reminds me of God and His power. A couple of weeks ago I was looking at Genesis 1-3 with some students and I always get blown away by the way that the Bible mentions how God made the stars.
'God made two great lights- the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.' Genesis 1:16-17
He also made the stars. It's such a throw away comment. 'oh and by the way God made the stars'. As if it's such an easy thing to do!! For God it was, because of his amazing power.
I remember being at school and there was some visitors with this planetarium tent thing that was set up in the gym and we sat in it and someone talked to us about the stars, whilst showing us things on the inside roof of the tent. When I was younger I liked trying to find different constellations. I was never really good at it though. These days I can only recognise two constellations- Orion and the Southern Cross. When I looked up into the starry sky last night, I was hampered by the lights of Den Haag. Despite that I could see Orion (although it was upside down to what I'm used to), but of course there was no way I was going to see the Southern Cross. Although it made me a little sad, it made me feel like I was on an adventure. I was in uncharted territory- some place new for me. And I liked that feeling.
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