Bethlehem Star

I was able to see the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter yesterday forming the "Bethlehem star"! It was best on Monday, but it was cloudy here unfortunately. So yesterday they were slightly separated but I could still see them low in the sky. Mind you, this wasn't the original Bethlehem star. That had a couple other astrological alignments as well when Jesus was born.

I just imagine the magi who saw that and knew what it meant. People who knew before news, before texting, before apps that tell you what stars in the sky are... God reached them in their language, the night sky. He spoke to people who knew the significance of that specific alignment and did not need any additional confirmation in order to pack up exorbitant gifts and set out on a journey to find the king it signified. To people who found and worshipped the child when they arrived. To people who only needed confirmation from a dream to once again change their plans. 

They were looking. They were ready and willing to go. They were willing to change course and trust, based on the stars, a dream, and God. Meanwhile I need like eight forms of research confirmation just to buy a tv. What trust, what faith. 

It blows my mind that when God created everything, he set the rotation of planets and stars, he set the tilt of the Earth, of so much I don't understand to come together at a specific time to speak a message to a specific people. What an orchestra- each part coming together perfectly for the beautifully unfolding masterpiece. 

How amazing to have a God that set things into motion thousands of years ago to speak to one person at a specific time and place. How loved and seen that makes me feel.