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A Walk Under Orion’s Belt
I walked under Orion’s belt last night. You know, that big body-looking constellation that rises with evening this time of year — well, at least here in the flatlands. I was walking to the parent baseball meeting, about a third of a mile away, in the dark — and when I looked up, boom, Orion was my full view, hanging nearly over me. To the east, just rising, was the steady sheen of a bright celestial body — which after a hasty search later, determined to be Jupiter to my surprise. I love a refreshing night walk!
Coming home an hour later, the Big Dipper on my right hung rather upside down, pouring any contents fully out. Cassiopeia to my left, a W in the sky, just sat beautiful as always. And leading me home, dead center, sitting alone amidst a backdrop of black night, was the North Star. While moonless, there were enough small-town lights to dim the night brightness, shading many of its wonders, yet dark enough to show me some of her beloved.
It made me think, though, of that which seems to stay the same, but is not; and that which is changeless, which I forget. The North Star is not due north; Jupiter is not in a fixed place; the constellations, while relatively the same for thousands of years, exist in a space that is not stagnant but continually pushing forth to somewhere, whose age is light-years away and beyond my comprehension.
God alone is changeless in a world which He set to motion. Walking home last night, I was so thankful for that. I can hardly take another change in my life and work to that end at times, unfortunate for my health. But the promises God gave Joshua He gives to me — He will never leave me. The promises He gave to Solomon He gives to me — He will direct my paths. The promises He gave Paul He gives to me — Nothing can separate me from God’s love. And all the others. I am easily duped to hold onto something that appears to not change, something in my control, which is really nothing more than a false-security in this fallen world.
But as I looked toward the heavens last night, I was reminded lovingly that only God is changeless, His Word, His Being — Thank You, Lord!
James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like the shifting shadows.
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