Light Up the Sky
Why does today feel like Monday? Because yesterday was the Fourth of July! I enjoyed Independence Day by hanging out with four generations of Blakeys in Santa Barbara--it was a blast.
Fireworks a perennial Fourth of July highlight. My parents and I had to leave SB before the show began there, but this by no means implies that we missed out. As we drove down the coast, many people were shooting off there own fireworks, and we also got to see a pretty good show in Ventura. But none of this prepared us for war-zone that was Fillmore. Colorful explosions filled the horizon in every direction, and people were lighting-up there own sparklers and rockets in every parking lot. I'm sure the town awoke this morning to find itself covered in six inches of ash. We got our own firework finale as we drove down the hill to our house. Fireworks lit up the sky over the Santa Clarita Valley from a school down the street to Magic Mountain.
Fireworks are cool. They make a pretty loud noise. They're colorful. They're especially good when they're at Disneyland. But fireworks don't last very long. After they explode, the newly colorful night sky quickly fades to black again. But if you look at that sky, you will notice that they are many lights that do not fade out.
The stars light up the sky every night. They stand in stark contrast to the transient sparkles of fireworks. The stars are constantly shining brighter than any fireworks. Our planet even revolves around one.
Psalm 19 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God...There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world."
The sky is especially spectacular on the Fourth of July, but each and every night the sky is declaring the glory of God as the billions of stars the he made shine forth.
Fireworks are cool. God is awesome.
Fireworks a perennial Fourth of July highlight. My parents and I had to leave SB before the show began there, but this by no means implies that we missed out. As we drove down the coast, many people were shooting off there own fireworks, and we also got to see a pretty good show in Ventura. But none of this prepared us for war-zone that was Fillmore. Colorful explosions filled the horizon in every direction, and people were lighting-up there own sparklers and rockets in every parking lot. I'm sure the town awoke this morning to find itself covered in six inches of ash. We got our own firework finale as we drove down the hill to our house. Fireworks lit up the sky over the Santa Clarita Valley from a school down the street to Magic Mountain.
Fireworks are cool. They make a pretty loud noise. They're colorful. They're especially good when they're at Disneyland. But fireworks don't last very long. After they explode, the newly colorful night sky quickly fades to black again. But if you look at that sky, you will notice that they are many lights that do not fade out.
The stars light up the sky every night. They stand in stark contrast to the transient sparkles of fireworks. The stars are constantly shining brighter than any fireworks. Our planet even revolves around one.
Psalm 19 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God...There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world."
The sky is especially spectacular on the Fourth of July, but each and every night the sky is declaring the glory of God as the billions of stars the he made shine forth.
Fireworks are cool. God is awesome.
posted by Ben Blakey at 8:32 AM
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Do you remember that time we watched the fireworks show at Fort Sam Houston and then as we drove home we could see a thunderstorm off in the distance? Man's show did not come close to God's!
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