Wishing Upon a Star

Star light, star bright

First star I see tonight

Wish I may, wish I might

Have this wish I wish tonight...

I walked outside to grab something out of my car last night, and as I looked up I couldn't help but notice the stars. The sky was clear and the galaxy was more visible than usual from the parking lot of my apartment complex. And in that moment, I went back in time...to the nights as a child when it was practically a ritual in which I would gaze up at the sky and make a wish upon the very first star that I focused on.

I would throw wishes up there as sincerely, as honest as I knew how. Believing that the wishes would be caught and that one day, they would come true. I was persistent in doing this whenever I had the chance. (One can never wish too many, you know!) There were nights as a child when I would just stare out my window. I believed that even though certain wishes had not yet come true....they were still heard.

The other night, as a "30-something" individual, I stood there for a moment, quietly...and "wished." And I believe it was heard.

I miss the good old days in the country when I could throw a blanket down on the grass or a truck bed, lay back and simply be mesmerized with the stars. To ponder what it could possibly be like up there...so far above and away from everything "down here." To have my breath be taken away whenever I caught a glimpse of a shooting star, the moments when I could sit and be still...to take in the fresh air and completely get lost in the amazement of it all.

Wishes... God only knows how many I have made and continue to make...

I wish that life could be easier, for everyone.

I wish that I could think more, and speak less.

I wish that our minds never had the capability to "play tricks on us."

I wish that everyone knew, understood, and practiced the concept of unconditional love.

I wish I could one day grasp the idea that my parents...usually know best.

I wish I could hug my grandma every day!
I wish I could sit down with my best friend at least once a week (face to face) and chat like best friends should.

I wish I knew where this journey was going to take me and also wish that I knew "then" what I know "now."

I wish I could give my child the truly important things in life that he deserves.

I wish I was 19 again...no I don't. I wish I was ten years older than I am now...maybe by then more of my life will have made sense!

Almost every morning I wake up with a song in my head. I don't know why, but I do. (I'm not complaining, either. Because waking up with a song in my head is much more pleasant than waking up with the "I don't want to move" attitude!) This morning...after my "star gazing" experience, I woke up singing (not literally) Bebo Norman's "I Will Lift my Eyes" which practically brought me to tears. It is just like God to show Himself in such incredible ways! And He didn't stop there either. As I was driving to work, this was the very last song that was played on the radio prior to me pulling up to the office.

I'm old enough to know that stars don't respond to wishes. But the Creator of the stars does. And He responds in ways that we will never even begin to comprehend!

...You know you want to go outside and do it. So what's stopping you?