Constellations of Glory

I love stars! I love outdoors, camping, sleeping out under the stars. To behold the splendor of God's handiwork in the burning of bright chandeliers hung precisely across the deep abyss. It's something about them. They are the watchers of the night, eternally burning flares bursting with the luster of God's all consuming glory. 

Interestingly enough one star doesn't add much light to our galaxy. But 6 sextillion stars can add a little bit more...I mean seriously 6 sextillion will definitely make more of a dent on the night sky. Stars are individual units which, when clustered tightly (from our eyes) together form constellations, majestic masterpiece that tell a story. They are the art gallery of the night sky, the paintings of past, present and future events. They are eternal monuments.

Monuments much like that in Joshua chapter 4. God had just repeated the incredible miracle of splitting waters. The Israelites crossed the Jordan river on dry ground. Joshua being a righteous man, decided to set up an altar for his people. He chose twelve men to take twelve stones from the river and set up an altar on the side of the river. "4 So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, 5 and said to them, 'Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, 6 to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 7 tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.'" (Joshua 4:4-7) These stones served as a reminder of what God had done. Every time someone saw those stones they thought about what had taken place there that day.

As i've learned in my preaching class... "So what's that have to do with me?" 

How are we monuments? How are we constellations burning brightly for all to see what the Lord has done in our lives. When people see us do they see the story of God's faithfulness in our lives? Do they see the miracles that have taken place in our life? My hope and desire is that when people look at my life, they can see what God has done in me and for me. 

Oh Father, master and maker of ethereal light,

May I glow with the presence of your goodness,

May my life but strung brightly with the lanterns of your love,

Of Father, master and maker, let my life shine for your glory.

-The Albatross