The moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures forever. (Psalm 136:9 ESV)
Stars and Love
Helen Keller, famous for her literary contributions despite being blind and deaf, declared that when her teacher, Anne Sullivan, taught her to read, the young Keller, “awoke from fear. I was no longer quite so deaf, or quite so blind.”
Sullivan is reported to have smiled in response and said, “What else could I do? I had grown to love you.”
Solitary confinement, with sensory deprivation, has been outlawed as a cruel and unusual punishment.
While a night storm’s noises are terrifying, the worst part is when the power goes out, and our homes are plunged into darkness.
Perhaps for profound spiritual as well as emotional reasons, we were created with an awareness that we need light and Light. And our creator knows this.
So when He was making the stuff of this universe, the first thing He made was light. (Genesis 1:3) And further, He blessed even the darkness of night with smaller lights. (Genesis 1:16) So we would not have to be in the dark.
God frees us from the dark, even before creation was finished. Because He loves His people.
The stars, given to diminish the darkness of light, are evidence of God’s love.
Take the love God grants us.