Have you ever stared at a star, not for its brilliance or beauty, but because you thought it might not be a star? You get an inkling it might be moving. It is set so far off in the expanse that you can’t tell if it is twinkling or blinking. You star stare not to wish on it but to confirm or deny it.

Does your mind wander off into deep space? Do you imagine each light as if it were strung around an infinite Christmas tree? Do you wait for God to throw shooting stars like tinsel?

Does the thought of a universe with no walls or ceiling scare you like when you were a child looking up and out? How does a ten year old brain contain the idea of never-ending? How do I now? I was scared then.

Do you wonder how many other cooled off orbs circle each gravity rich light? How many planets orbit our puny system? How many more systems are out there circling the lights?

Do you think there are way more than a thousand points of light? If each of your 100 billion brain cells were assigned to a star you wouldn’t have enough. Imagine if each star was a brain cell and we were only synapses in the mind of God.

Your staring stops as you find the bright light blinking as it gains size. The plane is probably heading for Detroit. You turn and walk in the house.

Psalm 139:17,18

Psalm 8:3