Space art and the Bible

As  a follower of Jesus, I love thinking about how to incorporate our faith into everything we do as parents and grandparents. Since children are always watching and catching and observing, it's important to take every opportunity to share the wonderful truths we believe with them. Today in keeping with the "Space" theme,  I wanted to reflect on what a peek into the heavens taught me this month.

As I observed that amazing total solar eclipse--the moon covering the sun completely--for 4 rare minutes in Indianapolis on April 8, I was overwhelmed with awe at our Creator and His creation. One of my takeaways from this experience was that I could actually see the sun gradually disappearing behind the moon, and yet...it was still mostly light outside!

Here the sun is almost covered by the moon--but--look how light is still is!:
On the left below, the sky is still blue but the sun is mostly covered (my camera didn't capture well) and on the right, the sky got dark.
We were struck silent when the sun seemed to completely disappear. This event reminded me that the light is always stronger than the darkness...the darkness will never overcome it. It tries, but the dark will never succeed. 

John 1:5 says, "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." (New Living translation)

What an important truth to teach our children as we work our way through daily ups and downs of life! I hope that was as encouraging to you as it is to me, today, to trust in our loving God, that though it may seem dark at times, He is always in control. Jesus is the light of the world, He is love, and the darkness never extinguishes His light.

Why not have your kids copy that verse and draw a picture to go with it? 

Hope that was encouraging to you today,

Walking in the light,

Jennifer