QUESTION OF THE DAY #1: What do you see when you look up at the stars at night?

Some people are scientific about it. They ask, is there life out there? What IS out there? What are the stars made of, and how did they get there? Maybe they even think about the vast distances involved and the time it took for light to reach the earth. 

Some people are romantic about it. They think about loved ones, family and friends, living or deceased. Some people even make a wish when they look up at the stars. For me, it's usually some profound thought that catches me by surprise. Also, I always wonder if those far away are looking up at the same stars that very moment, too.

Thousands of years ago, David looked up at the stars and wondered about God and about people--about how the two can possibly relate to each other. He said a prayer recorded in Psalm 8:3-5, "When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor."

In the English Standard Version of the Bible, this has the heading "Divine Majesty and Human Dignity." I like that! The stars remind us that God is simply awesome in power and might, but that is not all! God also made the stars for us and calls us to be caretakers of His creation. There is dignity in each person because God put it there. In fact, this verse is also a powerful reminder that Jesus also became human to restore us to the way God first created us! Maybe I don't look up at the stars and think about this nearly enough, but the next time they're out, you know I will.

You are invited back each day for a new question of the day!