For some reason I've been thinking about stars a lot. Almost every night around 10, I take my dog Maggey on a walk through the neighborhood. While I'm sure the walk is good for her, it is even better for me. Anyone driving by might think I'm a little strange because I'm not really paying attention to what's in front of me. With my eyes glued on the sky, I find the clarity and peace to get me through the week. Something about the stars at night serves as a reminder to me that my God is big. A God so big shouldn't care about me, but He does. My nightly walks with Maggey make me think of Psalm 8:3-4.
"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars which you set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him?"
What amazes me about stars is their ability to light up the darkness. Without the darkness around them stars wouldn't shine nearly as bright. In a world filled with darkness it's easy to become discouraged. The enemy feeds us lies and makes us believe that we don't have the capability to impact others. The truth is that a little star stands out much more in the darkness than in the light of day.
For centuries humans have relied on stars as their guide, how amazing that God created a map for us to use. I feel like the Lord has put certain people in my life to act as stars, guiding me through the darkness down a path I could never navigate alone. Recently I have been praying to be a star in others lives. My prayers were answered when my friend, who is not a Christian, came to me about how she had been considering following the Lord. I prayed and prayed for her, and was overjoyed when she told me that she had accepted Christ this past week.
I knew in that moment nothing else mattered. That same week was an anxiety filled week for me, but all of my problems seemed so much smaller after she told me she had accepted Christ. The Lord had answered my prayers and allowed me to be a star, the darkness and negativity around me that day didn't seem so bad. I felt tiny, but in a humbling kind of way. Even though I didn't light up the night I got to be apart of a beautiful constellation created by the Lord, and that felt really good.
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