I grew up in West Texas where there is lots of sky.  I love the skies and am always led to the beauty that is there.  It touches my soul.  I remember insisting that my Mom take a break from fixing dinner and come see the beautiful sunset right NOW!  “You can’t miss it!” I remember going to sleep each night with the curtains open to my bedroom window because I loved looking out at the night sky.  I still love the sky and it is what makes me feel the closest to God.  Many memories come to mind of treasuring the beauty of the sky with friends.  For me, “the heavens are telling the glory of God”!

This is a drawing I did with colored pencils.  I was participating in an Advent study and was asked to explore my relationship to ocean and the vast night sky in color and shape.  I drew this as an expression of a memory of being on the beach at night.  A bright light came from the sky across the water as if a pathway was lit from Heaven to earth.

This is a photograph taken by the Hubble telescope of a massive star in the Milky Way which is 40 times larger than our sun.  WOW! I wonder what the star of Bethlehem looked like the night God came to earth as a baby?  That great light which could not be contained, exploded into every human heart!  Dante says it well…

Christmas is coming and we sing again, “O star of wonder, star of light, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light.”

Questions to think about..

Remember a special night under the stars.  Where?  When?  With whom?

Find time to look at the night sky and remember the Bethlehem star.  There will be a full moon at Christmas.

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