I've Got The Glasses...

   Yes, I have a pair of the eclipse glasses, those that you had to have to see the solar eclipse on Monday, and, after all, you have to use those when looking directly at the sun as it was eclipsed by the moon.

   And I still have those glasses, unused, sitting on my kitchen island counter.

   We had a cloudy day Monday, and, although some folks who were outside here at the time of the big event got to see a partial in and out of the clouds, we just watched it on TV.

   We saw the total eclipse from Idaho Falls, Hopkinsville, and Charleston, and it was truly spectacular, a once in a lifetime happening.

   Millions of people in the US saw the eclipse, many of them driving many miles to watch from inside the totality corridor to get the full effect.

   As we watched I listened to the commentators and the crowds as the moon blotted out the light of the sun. There was clapping. There was cheering. There was awe and amazement portrayed in the voices of the people on site watching, with their protective glasses of course.

   The event itself was stunning, but when I thought about it during that broadcast, I thought about the many scientists over the years whose experiments had brought us to the point of being able to predict, not only the time of the eclipse, but the totality path that crossed the US. A lot of years, a lot of sightings, a lot of experiments, and a lot of deep thought and study, got us to the point of our own personal experience.

   But, you know as great as all that was, the greater revelation of it all came from the realization of the order of the universe, as planned out by God in the creation, way back when.

   This was a once in 100 years happening, but we can go out each night and see the result of all God's order and planning of the universe we live in. Planets and stars in their orbits, the sunrise and sunset each day, and the predictability of it all.

   A total eclipse is great, but it is only a small part of the miracle of Creation, evident all around us.

   Let's give credit where credit is truly due, and as the Psalmist says:

   The heavens declare the glory of God,
    and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech,
    and night to night reveals knowledge.There is no speech, nor are there words,
    whose voice is not heard.