THE SKY

I am one of those people who discovers something she likes and continually goes back it. For example, nearly a decade ago I discovered the turkey dinner at Bob Evans and now, let's just say I don't look at anything else on the menu. Well, I discovered this Psalm and have fallen in love with its' beautiful words.

Psalm 19

The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
 Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.
 They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
     It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
    like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
 It rises at one end of the heavens
    and makes its circuit to the other;
    nothing is deprived of its warmth.

 The law of the Lord is perfect,
    refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
    making wise the simple.
 The precepts of the Lord are right,
    giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
    giving light to the eyes.
 The fear of the Lord is pure,
    enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
    and all of them are righteous.

 They are more precious than gold,
    than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
    than honey from the honeycomb.
 By them your servant is warned;
    in keeping them there is great reward.
 But who can discern their own errors?
    Forgive my hidden faults.
 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
    may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless,
    innocent of great transgression.

 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
    be pleasing in your sight,
    Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

I have this very strange obsession with the sky. Wow, I can't even believe I'm writing a blog about this, but I feel like people don't get it. So I'm gonna try to explain why because I believe it's important. We'll see how this goes....

I just would really like people to get as excited about it as I get. Ok, so first off, have you seen it? I mean do you ever actually look at the sky? IT IS NEVER THE SAME. It is constantly changing and every second you look at it, it changes. There's always this different aspect of beauty to it. And yet, it is always the sky. We see all of these colors that just appear above our heads at each sunrise and sunset, like a painting being formed by an unseen hand right in front of our eyes. And it amazes me how people can see this miracle happening everyday and barely take notice because it becomes "normal", just another part of our daily lives that will surely continue to be there. And then the sun goes down and we get to see like a million shining lights just appear. And I feel like we just take it for granted. This incredible beauty. 

I don't know, but maybe the reason I love it so much is because for a long time, I felt like I couldn't see God. Going through high school, I believed in this greater Being, but had the upmost difficult time feeling His presence. And the point I'm trying to make is that God is everywhere. He literally breathes His glory into our world, into our lives, every second and we constantly are blind to it. We focus on all the wrong things. I mean seriously, if you are having a difficult time seeing the Father, just look up at the flippin sky! "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech;night after night they reveal knowledge.They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." 

When I look at the sky, I don't just think that it's pretty. What a silly word to describe a part of the masterpiece created by the Most High! When I look at the sky, I see a piece of the glory my Dad made for me and for all His children. And it literally is just that, a piece, a sliver, a glimpse of all He is. It is a small reflection of the Love He feels for us. If the incredible sky, in all it's starry beauty, in all its' glorious sunsets, in all its' awakening sunrises is only a tiny piece of our Treasure, can you even imagine seeing the full glory of God? 

The sky is all around us. It encapsulates us and protects us. It is always there, a constant in our lives. And yet, it has ever changing beauty. It is always the same sky, but filled with an infinite amount of beauty that we can never recreate or truly comprehend.

God is all around us. He encapsulates us and protects in the embrace of His arms. He is always there, a constant in our lives. And yet, He has ever changing beauty. He is always the same God, but filled with an infinite amount of beauty that we can never recreate or truly comprehend.

Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:
    Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
    not one of them is missing ~Isaiah 40:26

I have no words to truly describe our Father. I have no real way of conveying His limitless Love for you because I can't even fully comprehend it. It's far to overwhelming, far beyond my ability to know and understand to be able to tell you.  Our lives are so busy and filled with a million things that we believe matter. That's how our tricky world gets to us, by defining worthless things as detrimentally important. But let's not become so busy that we miss out on the Love that surrounds us and embraces us even when we ourselves cannot truly see It.

So, I believe I have successfully blogged about the sky. Judge me now. :)