Did You Know?
Did you know Sirius is the brightest star that most people can see on earth? Sometimes it can be so bright that we can see it in the daylight just by looking up — no instruments needed. See if you can find it.
Words to Treasure
The star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them. It finally stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were filled with joy.
Matthew 2:9-10
The dog howled as the thunder rumbled down the valley. Ruthie sat on the porch with her family. Volts of electricity crackled and snaked across the sky, flashing downward as they hit the earth. The lightning strikes frightened her a little, but she couldn’t take her eyes off the sky.
The thrilling power and beauty of nature sometimes makes us tourists of God’s creation. We just have to watch.
We aren’t the only nature tourists. Remember those wise guys, or magi (advisors to kings), following a strange star to a little town named Bethlehem? They believed they’d find a new and great king. For thousands of years people have wondered: What was that strange star or light they had followed to Bethlehem?
Today, some scientists think the wise guys may have followed the light of a supernova, which is like an explosion in space that stays bright for weeks or months. Or perhaps a brilliant comet. Or maybe it was planets — like Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn — coming close together to form a bright light in the sky. We may never know what was in the sky that led those ancient travelers to Jesus, but 2,000 years later we are still looking at the world with the same kind of wonder.
Did You Know?
Did you know Sirius is the brightest star that most people can see on earth? Sometimes it can be so bright that we can see it in the daylight just by looking up — no instruments needed. See if you can find it.