Smile in the Sky

This happened several days ago, almost a week now I think, but still I think it is worth mentioning. I was at Companion Coffee Shop with a bunch of friends last Monday night, if I remember right, and all of a sudden P'Lut (the owner of the shop) was calling us all come to the back kitchen area to see the sky. I looked in the sky and was totally astonished: there was a smile in the sky! No joke, it was amazing. The shot above was taken without a tripod, so it's not the clearest, but you get the "picture", hehe.

I'm pretty sure the eyes were planets; they were just too bright to be stars, in my opinion. below them was a crescent moon positioned perfectly to make a smiley face in the sky. How often does that happen? I'm pretty sure that was a once in a lifetime sight to see. It's funny because it happened amidst all kinds of turmoil with the government. The prime minister has since been ousted as a result of protesters stopping up the airports. It just doesn't seem like a time when God would want to give a country such a gift as a huge amazing smile. However, He did, and it just reminded me once again about His unconditional love. Plus, He knows that my love language from Him is love notes like that, so I felt like it was especially for me, showing me how pleased He is, that He is smiling on me right now. Who but our Great Lover would come up with something so clever? It's even better than Jimmy Stewart's line in It's a Wonderful Life: "You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it..." Seriously, to think that we have someone who is after our hearts so much that He will go to whatever extreme it takes to win us back to Him, or if our hearts are His, in my case, just to remind us of what we have in Him.... that's pretty awesome.

Oh, and the best part about all of that: the next day in preschool I was telling the story to my kids about how God put a smile in the sky to show us He was happy with us. I drew a picture to show them what it looked like and put it on the wall. Later that day, Mai was busy playing, then she looked up, stared at the picture for a second, and said, "I like God." That made my day. Pretty much my week, actually. I can teach them Bible stories, show them how to pray, etc, but I can't teach them to like God. He is the one that does that. So, that made me so happy to see that God was working in her heart.

Ok I better wrap this up for now. I feel like I should write more, but Companion is once again calling my name!

Thanks for reading,

Stephanie