When I Consider Your Heavens
Seeing the Northern Lights (or Aurora Borealis) is often said to be a breath-taking experience. Earlier this year, I traveled to Rovaniemi, a town in Finland, to see this amazing sight! Not only did I get to see the Northern Lights dance across the sky, I also saw, for the first time in my life, a sky full of stars. It was truly breathtaking.
As I stood underneath this spectacular sight, the following verse came to mind:
“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.”
– Psalm 8:3-5
Even though the Northern Lights were a breathtaking sight, what continues to awe me today is that the Creator of this wonderful phenomenon would take the time to care for me. And I can’t help but echo the psalmist in praising our wonderful Creator! “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth!”