I’ve asked the question a lot. Looking up into the night sky, we see those beautiful stars and wonder “why” they’re winking at us.

Fine question. But here, it gets ugly. “Why” and “how” are really 2 different words, aren’t they? So “why” do we get them confused? It’s because we live in an age where science is perhaps a little more authoritative than it should be due to our Western mindset. We think that if we can describe “how,” it’s the same thing as describing “why.”

Starlight must pass through earth’s air layer and the refraction of light off particulate matter suspended in the planet’s atmospheric covering creates an illusion we call twinkling. We just described a possible “how.” But we didn’t even come close to “why.” The difference is so important.

“Why” is a question that points to purpose, design, intent. These concepts all involve God. For some, thinking about God is uncomfortable. Even better than “why,” in the case of creation, is the question “who.” “Who” made the stars? “Who” formed our eyes? And “Who” is responsible for the electric signals that spark in the cells of our brains to translate synaptic impulses into thought, and then those thoughts into recognition of the beauty of the stars? “Who” indeed!

By the way, I think stars twinkle because God thinks that’s more interesting. Just my opinion, but I could be right…

Thanks for reading this. Jesus loves you.