Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Darren Milam
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
If you pay attention to any of the social media platforms, I am sure over the past few days you’ve seen many images (probably better than mine) of the recent Aurora borealis sighting in the US, as far south as Northern California. As you may know, visibility that far south is pretty remarkable, when most of the time the lights are visible in Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, and Canada. This sighting, last Friday, was a historic geomagnetic storm. I don’t claim to know the exact science behind this phenomenon, but I do know God allows for this incredible display of light and color — and that’s good enough for me.
In Genesis 1, we see the act of creation, and specifically the fourth day when God created light.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.
God created light. God created the night from the day. He created the stars, the moon, the sun, and all we see (and can’t see). Take a moment to think about that. All that we see AND all that we can’t see, with our eyes. We see images from telescopes in space and there is so much out there. This vision (no filters used) of greens, purples, reds, and yellows wasn’t the “typical” moon rising or star gazing, no this was something special. The one image with a view straight up into the sky felt like we were looking up into Heaven. With all those colorful streaks, drawing your eyes to the center, it appeared to almost be a ‘gateway’.
God is magnificent and His creations never cease to amaze me. If we have the chance to see views like this on this lonely planet, what will it be like when we are far away from sin, and we can see all the things God has created we currently can’t see? I, for one, cannot wait to find out!