stars in the sky

"They made their way three-quarters up the dock and lay down on their backs looking up. The elevation of this place seemed to magnify the heavens, and Mack reveled in seeing stars in such numbers and clarity. Jesus suggested that they close their eyes for a few minutes, allowing the last effects of dusk to disappear for the night. Mack complied, and when he finally opened his eyes, the sight was so powerful that he experienced vertigo for a few seconds. It almost felt like he was falling up into space, the stars racing toward him as if to embrace him. He lifted his hands imagining that he could reach out and pluck diamonds one by one, off of a velvet-black sky."
- Wm. Paul Young, The Shack



I have almost finished this book, and so far, this is one of my favorite passages. It immediately brought me to Chris Tomlin's song, "Indescribable," and reminded me of times when I have laid on the cement roof in Miguel Aleman, Mexico, and looked up at the stars, thinking, There is no way that I cannot love and want to know a God like this.

"Indescribable, uncontainable,

You placed the stars in the sky and
You know them by name.

You are amazing God."

- Chris Tomlin