Shooting Stars
(Written on Sunday, August 29, 2010)
This evening found me once again outside sitting by the fire once the girls were in bed. The sky was absolutely clear, and being so far away from civilization, the stars were in an amazing display that only God could conjure up! They were brilliant, magnificent, stunning; you get the point. As is normally the case on nights like this, my thoughts turned towards catching a shooting star. I’ve developed my own theories regarding how to do this over the years.
Basically, I’ve found it much easier to see a shooting star if I simply gaze up at the sky in general. I used to dart back and forth hoping to catch something, and was never able to allow my eyes to focus. So, eventually I tried almost moving my “zoom” out quite a bit, and just tried to take in the beauty of the entire sky. Once I did that, I began to notice shooting stars all the time!
Sometimes I wonder if it’s the same way when we try to figure out life’s most challenging issues in our lives. We can put so much intense pressure on ourselves to figure out stuff, and it never happens because our gaze is to narrow. However, it seems many times that once we step back, and widen our gaze, that God hits us with a “shooting star”.
I’m not saying this is some scientifically proven method, just how things seem to have worked in my life. At first, I didn’t see anything tonight. Then, I took out the 4-wheeler and drove into some fields, turned the lights off, and just gazed up at the sky. And you know what? Not only did I catch my shooting star, but I found some answers to life’s questions as well.