Star Gazing

Hey Questies! I don't know how many of you did the facebook event star-gazing thing tonight, but i have a quick story from it. it was basically a night of looking at the stars along with others all over the country (and maybe world!) and just praising Jesus and being in his glory, presence, and awesomeness.

However, tonight where I am, the stars were not visible at all. neither was the moon. this showed me 2 things for sure...well, okay, reinforced 2 things for sure....

1) even when we don't "see" God working or "feel" him, he's definitely still here and working miracles day in and day out. i mean, you woke up this morning, didn't you?

not seeing the stars hanging in the sky exactly where God placed them himself was almost better for me right now than seeing them. it just reminded me that even when the cloud cover of life gets in the way, the Lord is STILL THERE. Always. it encouraged me to have more faith in my creator and trust in what Romans 8:28 clearly says, "We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Also, a personal fave, Hebrews 11:1, the perfect definition of faith itself: "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we DO NOT SEE." I know the stars are up there somewhere, even when not visible to me.

2) we know a lot less than we like to think we do. WE ARE HUMAN, NOT GOD. God is sovereign and in control, and no matter how much i wanted to see those glorious, hand-crafted stars tonight, i couldn't change the fact that the sky was cloudy. not a thing i could do about it. and there is comfort in knowing that. who am i to say the sky should be clear tonight? at least it didn't rain like predicted to! anyways, my point is that God is the head of all things, large and small!

hope you all have a great weekend, and just know you are more of a blessing to me than you can ever know.

-Alexa