One of my favourite things to do on warm summer nights is to spend some time outside just gazing at the stars. If this is something you love doing too, I'd encourage you to download an app like Stellarium. It gives you great, accurate sky mapping so you can find all the constellations. I can't wait to try it out some time in an area with less city lights. My never ending curiosity leads me to fantasize about what other planets in other solar systems or galaxies, may be like.
I am truly such a star loving fan that I am a total Sci-Fi nut! Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate.....I love them all! Totally my idea of relaxation. Truth be told though, if warp speed travel was truly possible, I'd be right out there between the stars right now!
But what is it precisely about star gazing that really makes me love it? It is trying to comprehend, just how big our galaxy really is. When life is a bit overwhelming, or frustrating and things feel like they are spinning out of control, star gazing reminds me just how small our planet really is, and just how small my life is in the grand scheme of things. AND that the same God, who holds all the stars in their place by means we cannot even fathom, and who can birth new stars and new planets every day, and who could have created more galaxies than we will ever know....if He can do all that and keep them under control, then certainly my problems are not that big, and our mighty God is able to restore order in the most difficult of circumstances.
What is our faith really, if we cannot believe that the greatest creator cannot create a means for us to have peace and fulfullment in our lives. He loves us more than we could ever know and His greatest desire is for us to trust Him, rest in Him and allow Him, to orchestrate our lives as only He can know best. "To let go and let God" means to know that we are not trusting some magician to wave a magic wand and make things right, but to allow God to be God and take control.
Now, to infinity and beyond!
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