Halley’s Comet may be the most famous space apparition of
its kind, but it only orbits the sun once every seventy-five years. However,
twice a year, our planet passes through debris it left behind, causing bright
meteor showers to be visible in our nighttime skies.
Tonight is one of those nights. The Eta Aquarids will reach
their climax Monday night and in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning. But
there are three caveats.
First, they will be much more visible in the Southern
Hemisphere than in the Northern. Second, storms gathering over the central US
will spread disruptive clouds over much of the Midwest, obscuring the night
sky. Third, the last supermoon of 2020 will peak in two nights, making it
difficult to seem some of the meteors.
But these facts will not change the existence of the Eta
Aquarids, merely our perception of them. We may not be able to see them clearly,
but our finitude does not affect their reality.
The solution, we’re told, is to give ourselves an hour to spot the meteors. Look after midnight, when the shower’s radiant point will climb above the horizon. And try to focus on the darkest part of the sky, for the meteors will be most visible there.
God ‘is there and he is not silent’
These solutions have a spiritual corollary.
Francis Schaeffer once wrote a book titled, He is There
and He is Not Silent. God is speaking and working constantly in our world.
But like meteors at night, we must position ourselves to receive what his grace
intends to communicate.
Like meteor watchers who will spend hours after midnight focused
on the darkest skies, hearing God’s voice requires time spent alone in his
presence at hours and places when distractions are minimized. Our spiritual
enemy will do all he can to distract…
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