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Written by Julie Riddle, a contemporary writer and editor.

Some of us may not be able to see the stars between all the buildings and streetlights. Others of us may see stars so often that we don’t think to look up and gaze at them with wonder anymore. When was the last time you looked up at a sky full of stars and marveled at the Creator who made them? Abraham looked up at those stars thousands of years ago, and God Himself spoke. God promised Abraham a family of descendants that would outnumber the stars. Even more than that, One in Abraham’s line would make the children of Abraham the children of God. In Jesus, born in the line of Abraham, all who believe in God are numbered with Abraham’s descendants—and there are more of us than there are stars in the sky. So the next time you look at the stars, think of God, who had the power and creativity to make them. And also think of all  your brothers and sisters in Christ, who are so many they would outshine the heavenly bodies with the light of God’s Word to a darkened world.

Look toward heaven, and number the stars. [Genesis 15:5]