Nov 14th: The Northern Light

 


This one is one of the many images of the Northern Lights we saw in some parts of Canada during the last few weeks. Northern Light is an astronomical phenomenon. It appears like light colorful curtains in the sky. I first saw its speechless beauty for the first tiwhen I was in Whitehorse a few years back. It was about two in the morning. For me, it was more than just a scientific manifestation of lights. It was poetic in many ways.

The constant change of colors moving across the sky captured my imagination of the voices behind it. I felt as if it invited me into a conversation about gracious movements in life. Nothing is outrageous, but everything is lavish.

It feels as if someone behind the light curtain maneuvers the gentle changes of colors. My mind was mesmerized by its constant change of colors and with the melody of "Great is Thy Faithfulness". It is one of my favorite hymns. God is faithful while we go through many life changes and we do not deserve to be in the presence of His gracious beauty.

Maybe God is trying to tell us something during the last few weeks with the appearances of these northern lights. He wants us to sit back and enjoy the many beautiful revelations of life and not be bothered by the darkness that has damaged our life's purpose and meaning. We have encountered a lot of dark realities in this world in recent months. We might want to let God open these curtains of lights so that we might see hope. Life begins with having light.

Psalm 18: 28
"You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light."

John 8: 12
"When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.""

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