Hark Those Heavenly Sunsets!

Being a flippant, fast-paced Millennial, I was never one to weep over a sunset. But the fairy-tale sunsets of Antarctica can bring out the sappy romantic in ANYBODY.

Bizarre; deceptively peaceful; gravity-defying….the Antarctic sun never sets from September to February. It scandalously flirts with the horizon line as it arcs in a sideways pattern across the sky. Around midnight, that Saucy Sun starts to tease us again. She slowly dips down to kiss the mountains, shining brighter and more tantalizing than before, threatening to disappear forever. But as a Femme Fatale will do, she changes her mind and floats back up to her ethereal throne (around 2am) and burns down in judgement upon us all.

During the summer months, the Sun Minx tires of fraternizing with us mere mortals. She remains high over our heads in her glowering superiority of light, never to sink again. Or so she would have us believe….

In March we see traces of her evil enemy, Winter, as he creeps up to attack her white kingdom. She begins to dip back down to earth filled with rage as she desperately tries to cling to her throne. During the month of May we watch, helpless, as the Treacherous Winter completely topples the Saucy Sun Minx off her royal axis. Gone forever. Or so Winter would have us believe….

Will we never see our Burning Enchantress again?

This great battle of Light and Dark, has been fought since the beginning of time. And while we are in awe of these two equally opposing forces, we remain grateful for an even higher Force that orchestrates this battle. Our Heavenly Father graciously administers perfect doses of change and consistency to this world. We know that the sun will set every day just as we know it will rise. But morning is completely different from evening. God desires that we might enjoy a predictable daily regimen of pursuing Him. Yet He fills that regimented day with variety and surprises so that we might marvel at His workmanship.

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
-C.S.Lewis