stars by name, carry and sustain..

Canadian Wilderness Sky - 110 sec exp. hint of the Milky Way  Photo by eholuta.wix.com/portfolio

The stars in the Canadian sky - an awesome picture.
Countless stars. First thing I thought of is how I remember reading that God created the stars and knows them each by name.

I thought- if this is the case then how much more does he care for, carry, and sustain us.

"He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
    and turns deep darkness into the morning
    and darkens the day into night,
who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
the Lord is his name;" (Amos 5:8 ESV)

Star trail- Canadian sky

“To whom will you compare me?
 Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
"Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:
    Who created all these?
He who brings out the starry host one by one
    and calls forth each of them by name.
Because of his great power and mighty strength,
not one of them is missing." (Isaiah 40:25-26 NIV)

The ESV Study Bible notes:
The Holy One is incomparable in his power, wisdom, immensity, sovereignty and authority.
Not one was missing: God's creating the stars would have been awe-inspiring even in ancient Israel, where about 5000 stars were visible at night. Astronomers now estimate there are more than 400 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, and that there are 125 billion galaxies in the universe. The total number of stars is estimated at 10 billion trillions
Them all by name- Such a God will surely never forget even one of his people.


THERE ARE THOSE TIMES-- 
we see things from a distance or when we see things on a foggy day- they are not clear,  just like our circumstances- we do not always know the reasons we need to walk through the paths we have been given or who we may affect along the way.  Our lives on this earth are always under construction.




























At times
 we do not see the path ahead as clearly as we would like.
We do know God created the stars and knows each by name and not one is missing so such a God will surely never forget even one of his people. (Isaiah 40:26)



'Cause you light up the path'

'Cause you get lighter the more it gets dark'

You're such a heavenly view

even these lyrics from a pop song can reflect the kindness of God 

Coldplay- A Sky full of Stars


CARRY and SUSTAINS-
While walking recently and holding the hand of  the little guy and in the past holding the hand of my grand-daughter-
I thought of him and how trusting to allow us to carry and lift him. 

Thought of how God sustains us and as we get older this is so much more evident in the care the younger show those older.

"Even to your old age and gray hairs
    I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
    I will sustain you and I will rescue you." (Isaiah 46:4 NIV)

 such a heavenly view.

sustaining grace for the day

Sunrise to a new bright day.

Sunrise- WA mountains photo by Matt

The skies clear and refresh our souls and we go forward.