
HE PUT THE STARS AND LESSER LIGHT TO GOVERN THE NIGHT
Gen 1:16 And there was evening and there was morning--the fourth day.
In another place in scripture we're told God knows all the stars by name.
I've always loved the night sky. I'm not well versed in the constellations at all. I can find the big and little dipper, and that's about it. I'm not sure I can even identify the north star. I think I confuse it with a planet. Needless to say, I have no clue when it comes to Orion or Scorpion. I'm just as lost in horoscopes and signs, but I don't care about them. I do wish I knew more about the constellations, though.
When we were in South Africa, we were in the middle of a 50,000 acre game preserve, far away from everything. Our only lights were two flashlights that shone on our dirt paths leading to our casitas. And the sky was magnificent. I was awed by seeing all kinds of stars from horizon to horizon. I know that's probably another malnomenclature, since there's only one horizon, but how else do I explain stars from right to left, low and high?
I just was mesmerized. I asked our guide the next day about them, and this was his explanation. In the Northern Hemisphere we are looking out at the Milky Way. Something about 4 spheres. In the Southern Hemi, they're looking into the same galaxy. Thus more star gazing opportunities. Also with no city lights for relection or refraction, the sky took on another view than what I see in Scottsdale when I fetch the morning paper.
I'm still not sure I understand. But as Popeye once said (or should have said if he didn't) "I knows what I likes". And I likes those stars.
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