Lights in the Dark (Day 9)

I'm really going to back track here. All the way back to seven months ago, because this is my favorite memory of all time. Think of what you see God in most. What objects move you and put you at awe? There has to be something. Mine are the stars. Anything that reminds me of stars can send me into a trance. Those tiny lights so far up that dot the black of night are mesmerizing to me. The beauty I see in them is no where else to be found and when it's a clear night without the pollution of city lights I am at my  happiest. I know He's there among those stars looking down at me just as they are. Stars are a mystery to me and that mystery draws me in so tight that I can't help but stare.

Another love of mine is water. Anything water. I've been in love with water since I was tiny. My dad called me Little Dolphin and for good reason because I wanted to be one. At a young age I knew how to control the water. I wasn't graceful on land, still am not, but in water I am in my element. I know how to dance in water, how to make it move and move me. When I'm under the surface I can do anything. Combine these two objects and I'm literally in love.

Last summer I got to do just that. I was invited to a friend's lake house and while we were all out on the dock I decided I was going to swim to the other side. It was only about a half mile and since I'm a distance swimmer that wasn't a big deal. A few friends told me they would come along and at that we started our journey. Well once we got to the other side we were held up by a "monster." If you want that story you'll have to ask because it is too long to tell even though it is one of the funniest moments of my life. After we all regained our confidence the sun was about gone. We ended up being halfway back when the stars decided to come out. I can't remember who said it but one of my friends told us to role over on our backs. When I did I couldn't believe it.

There wasn't much of a moon and not a cloud in site so the stars shown like beacons of light. It was dark in every direction because of the lake and those dots of light were everywhere. I just laid there in the water. I didn't want to move, didn't want the moment to ever pass. The two things that brought me the most joy had just been morphed into one. I couldn't hear a sound with the water over my ears. It was silent, peace. And those stars, they were magnificent. Everything about that moment was perfect. I felt perfect. I wish I could better describe the feeling. It was love. It was a gift from my Father that no one else would ever understand as much as I would because no one else loves those things like I do.

I can still remember that moment perfectly and I will take that moment to my grave. It will still move me as much as it did that night in July. I know this because I felt it while writing. I didn't want to finish my story because I didn't want that feeling to leave. Day nine might be an old blessing but it is one that will never dull in my heart.