Do not lose heart...

On this Labor Day holiday, I celebrated by sleeping in, getting up at 5:00am, and spending the first part of the morning looking up to a crystal clear sky and a heavenly array of stars.  A breathtaking reminder of my Creator God, who spoke this all into existence, just so I could see His signature in the sky, this morning!  

"The heavens declare the Glory if God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard." Psalm 19:1-3

While enjoying this fanstastic view of the western sky, unsettling events and issues that are taking place in our local news invade my thoughts.   With this canopy of stars overhead, I wonder if I can see the North Star from my vantage point.  The North Star, among the brightest of the stars and set in place very close to the Earth's North pole, and is the point of navigation, has been for centuries and still is.  The North Star has been the guide to keep many travelers heading in the right and it has been hope to those who have lost their way.  When the lost find the North Star, they can once again get back on track!  

The society we live in today is lost, with no clear sense of direction. The moral truths grounded in Word of God are no longer seen as the true north. All sense of direction is lost because the compass is broken, no longer pointed to the Truth.  The solution is a simple one, get back on track...get the compass set on what is TRUE...and the Source of all Truth... 

John 14:6 (NET)

Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

What are you using as your compass on this journey?  Are you heading in the right direction? Are you focused on a point that seems to keeps moving and changing?  Don't lose heart...look up!!

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NKJV) Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.