Psalm 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
The sun’s solar flares project toward the earth, while
the earth’s magnetic field protects and sends the flares into the sky.
The northern lights usually dance in the sky at the poles of the earth, but this year, 2024, the flares trended toward epic and have shown off well into the states.
I’ve dreamed of seeing the Aurora Borealis all my life. Now
at sixty-seven years old, my dream came true. Tim and I tried to see them in
May when they visited Ohio, but they weren’t visible where we were. I also
didn’t know I needed to search for them with my phone’s camera. Then, I heard
they were back on October 10. Sure enough, in our backyard, the ribbons of
color danced across the sky. Just when I thought they had ended, a strip of red
appeared over the condo building next to ours and the show continued.
My daughter, Maggie, commented that my grandkids had
experienced two solar eclipses and the northern lights. Our youngest grandchild
is ten and here I am in my sixties just experiencing these phenomena.
As I stood in wonder of the Aurora Borealis as it shifted
and changed, my mind went to the marvel of what heaven would be like. Since God
has created such beauty on earth, imagine what our eternal home will be like.
We tend to look at the sky for its beauty. Clouds billow,
lightning flashes, stars twinkle, rainbows shine, and the moon waxes and wanes.
The heavens do declare the glory of God as He works with His hands to create
magnificent sights.
In the storms, troubling times, and everyday life look to
the sky and remember who created you and what He has in store in heaven. What a
glorious day it will be to step onto the streets of gold.
