The page 5 devotional

A new REI catalog arrived yesterday. On page 5 is the Celestron SkyScout--a camcorder like device that you point it at the nighttime sky to identify the constellation or particular star you're looking at. It'll identify over 6,000 stars, 88 constellations, 100 deep space objects and (according to the small blurb) 'more'. $199 base price.

Our little planet sits in the Milky Way galaxy which is made up of 100,000 million stars. That's in one galaxy. Then, there are millions upon millions of other galaxies. The article I read for research started using mathematical language that was beyond me, but I'm here to report there are a LOT of stars in the universe.

God knows every one of those stars by name. Every single one.

It's rare nowadays to see the night sky clearly with the enormous amount of light pollution we spew. The last time I glimpsed it was more than 10 years ago (please read my blog about that when you have a chance). One of the great pleasures of creation that we miss out on is seeing that curtain of stars above reminding us of our place. Sad.

This is another article of evidence that God is beyond awesome. He doesn't need the Celestron SkyScout--it's just His nature to know these stars---all of them. The creator of lichen, redwood trees, starfish, sandstone, puppy dogs, and everything else has all this under His loving gaze. All those stars, all that stuff.

And you. He knows you forward and backward--He knew you before time began and knows what today will bring you. And He's crazy about you. Even with what you thought, felt, and said yesterday He is crazy about you.

Today's the day to tell Him how much you appreciate that. And how you want to know Him better than yesterday.

Batteries not needed.