A few days ago, my mom and I were getting out of the car on a very clear, starry night. We live in the middle of nowhere so its easy on any given night to walk into the field in our backyard and identify different stars and constellations. We both looked up and admired them for a time. She smiled and in hope of giving me comfort said, "Does it bring you peace knowing that you and J. are under the same blanket of stars?" I needed no time to react because this is something I had thought about just a few days before that. I said no, because we rarely are. I knew her heart, and her intentions were good. However, 8 hours away, my sweetie was starting his day under the sun as I was ending mine under the moon. I have felt for weeks like I'm constantly playing catch up with him. He's always a day ahead. He's always just out of reach.
I've developed this thought over the past few days and sought out comfort not in the stars but in the "Son" that I know J. and I both live under whether dark or light. I found comfort in Job, a man who endure great suffering in the Old Testament:
"Is not God in the heights of heaven?
And behold the stars; how high are they?"
Job 22:12
So I look at the stars and though I can't find comfort in them because of the time difference and the way the world turns, I can find comfort in knowing that God is BIGGER than the stars and stretches the distance between J. and I's souls. This makes me happy and brings me a peace beyond understanding and a love that words don't justify. <3
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