Northern Lights and the God of the Universe

Austin and I just got back from a trip to Europe where we were wanting to see the Northern Lights. We planned the trip with a one night trip outside the city to see the lights. (We did have a room in a hotel out in the mountains that you could view them from but it was not a hunt for them like our night out was) You may know that 1...you have to go out...away from light saturation to really see the lights. And 2....they don't always show.

I was worried (of course 😜) that we had put all our "eggs in one basket."  We pretty much needed the lights to show on the night we went out or we might not see them at all. 

So, instead of worrying about it all through our trip, I prayed about it.....Austin and I prayed about....then I prayed a little more. Sometimes I feel guilty for praying about such "small things." I mean, should the God of the universe be bothered by my desire/hope to see the Northern Lights when there are real problems going on in the world?! 

Our group for the excursion was full of Americans! It was fun....there were 10 of us- from MS, TX, NY, NH. The group from New Hampshire was saying they went out the night before and could barely see them so they were trying again. They said that the scale for viewing the lights was a 4 when they went but tonight was a 7 (highest is 9). First...so thankful I didn't know there was a scale or I would have been obsessively checking it! Second....yay! tonight's a 7!

When we got to our destination, the lights were AMAZING! Dancing in the sky! We were all photographing and standing in awe. I said a silent prayer of thanks for being able to view this. 

Our driver said that it was the best night of the year that he has seen the lights. 

Y'all! God cares about our small stuff!!! He not only showed us the lights, He made them the best of the year! How great is our God?!!

Love, 

Deidre