Lift your eyes and look to the heavens;Who created all these?He who brings out the starry host one by one,and calls them each by name.
The beauty of the night sky is such a powerful indicator of God's hand and continued presence. There is something devotional in the very act of looking up at the night sky. I remember the times Mariana and I have paused to lay on our backs to watch the night sky in hopes of seeing a falling star streak across the black. I remember one particular time when we were very young and Martina as a baby was with us on a houseboat retreat. Such a wonderful picture of such a wonderful and innocent time in our lives. Life was so good.
So powerful is the night sky and the starry host that some, like King Manasseh [2 Kings 21:3], will worship it rather than the God who made it. Sad that God's proofs become idols instead of signposts. Like the stars, the earth, the virgin Mary.
This reading also has one of the great inspirational verses in it. Especially inspirational since it was written during the Babylonian Captivity:
He gives strength to the weary,and increases the power of the weak.Even youths grow tired and weary,and young men stumble and fall;but those who hope in the Lordwill renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary,they will walk and not be faint.
I want to know that feeling. Lord knows.
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