Twinkle Twinkle

Last night I walked outside and gazed upward. It was a beautiful night. It was nearly cloudless. For me there is an overwhelming sense of the majesty and greatness of God. It was a Psalm 19 moment. "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 display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard." I was pleasantly surprised when attending a group study this morning to hear Psalm 19 read aloud as part of the study. It was a great reminder of my stargazing experience last night and my awareness of the glory of God. My reflection brings joy and pain. My joy is obvious. My pain is the result of realizing that not everyone "hears" what the heavens declare. Not everyone listens to the speech that pours from the skies. As we discussed this morning, it is a tragedy that is explained in Romans 1. Even our ability to see what is obvious involves a choice. Paul wrote, "since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened". Darkened hearts create deafened ears, ears that cannot hear the glorious praise of the heavens on a star lit night.