Stunning

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Last night, walking home from town, I froze as I rounded the last turn. There out in front and above me, nearly close enough to touch, I saw the clearest sky laden with piercingly bright stars. Absolutely amazing! I stood there in the middle of the dirt road staring at this surreal image. I could almost feel a warmth from the soft black sky as it surrounded my tiny neighborhood. Never had I felt the stars that close, that much an intimate part of my personal existence. I gazed up and out, reveling in the sheer pureness of the moment as nighttime insects chirped in the grasses and trees, mixed with the gentle murmur of the stream running through the valley below.

I finally walked the last hundred yards to my house and sat in the shadows on the church steps. I wanted to be saturated in the moment. Everything seemed a little bit different, but in a good way. The hard packed dirt road running by our house, the tall tree growing to one side, the way the street light cast an orangish-yellow glow over the neighbor's house. The difference, however, was in how RIGHT everything felt, how familiar it all was. It surprised me a little. It just felt so completely natural.

Sitting on the cement steps, with the stars on guard above me, I was filled with such a peaceful joy. A simply sweet, stunning, sensation that told me life was beautiful. And it is.

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Comments

[A. Betsy]

Stunning
Wow!!!!!! What an awesome experience and one you will remember for ever I'm sure. Love, hugs and prayers

[anonymous]

Stunning and amazing is the way you describe that little town that I have visited in past vacations. I can even hear the chirping insects in a clear night in Copan, combined with the clear sky shinning with a million stars. I can even hear the murmur of that little stream running down the valley. But what is more amazing is the peace of mind that you have in your heart. I guess that the solitude and slow pace of that town has helped you to accomplished that state. I can wait for the day I will move there.

[erin_bird]

i keep thinking about this post. i wish i could have been there with you! what an amazing and wonderful time with God that must have been... miss you, love you... e

[Rilla]

it was one of those times were everything in life just felt right and good and it was God reminding me again to trust and live with his daily joy and peace rather than worry. how assuring is that!