::the stars::

Let me tell you what I hate most about living in the city: I can’t see the stars hardly at all; there are too many bright lights. So when I go out in the country, I like to take advantage of the fact that it's so dark and so easy to see the stars.

Last night, I was out in the country, and it was the perfect night for stargazing. 

I COULD SEE THE WHOLE ENTIRE GALAXY (or at least that’s what it felt like). 

There they were, all the millions of stars, perfectly scattered across the entire night sky. I almost felt that if I had wanted to, I could have reached up and touched the stars. They were so far away, yet they seemed so very close. As I stared up at them, I realized how MAGNIFICENT the stars are. So beautiful and bright. I also realized how absolutely mind blowing it is to think that God holds the entire UNIVERSE, even the stars, in the palm of His hand. Wow. 

I probably could have spent the entire night just looking at the stars, it was so wonderful. I didn't think the evening could get any better. And then it did... I saw a shooting star.

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” –Psalm 19:1