As I drove home from church last night, I noticed that the sky was as clear as ever and a bright full moon lit it up like a firework.  No star to be seen, just a big bright round moon.  I began to praise God in my heart for his wonder and the beauty that he created.

Most people that spend any time with me notice that I have my head in the clouds a lot.  I notice things in the sky; hawks, vultures, clouds, planes, stars.  I learn the cycles of the moon and just kind of pick up when its going to be full and when it is crescent; when there is a new moon.   Im not an astronomer and don’t know my constellations real well, but I do know what the star clusters look like and where the line up over my house.  And the difference places they sit in the sky at different times a year.  It’s not just some hobby that I have.  I notice the sky for two different reasons.

1. God Did It: God finds pleasure in painting the night sky.  I feel like if my Dad is into something, I should be into it too.  I feel like if I notice and am like, “Lord you are so mighty and amazing” he will get glory from my adoration.  I actually believe that the God that I love and worship and follow, really painted the night sky.

2. Jesus Comes Back In The Clouds:  Scripture tells us that Christ will come back just like he left, in the clouds.  When Jesus comes back, I want to see it.  I don’t want the dude next to me to nudge my shoulder and let me know.  I really believe he is coming back and that it really could happen at any moment.  Sometimes I gaze up the sky and wonder if today is the day.

I feel like each of us should lead lives that notice the sky and all the workings of nature around us.  Nature is what our heavenly Father is into.  And I want to be about my Dad’s business.  So, wake up and look up. Notice God around you.  Stop driving life so hard with your head down at your feet.  God does amazing things.

Psalm 8:3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have put in place, who is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?