AMAZING...Northern Lights / Auroras

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Warning: If you are like me, you may need a box of tissues nearby. At any rate, the following will touch you in a deep way.

Some of you smart individuals reading this may already know what I am about to share. I learned something new today while teaching my daughter. We were reading out of her geography book and what I read brought tears to my eyes.

Have you ever seen Northern Lights or Auroras? I have not, but on photos. I am believing to one day.

Do you know what causes them? What produces such breathtaking beauty?

The part of Earth's atmosphere called the thermosphere has a layer within it called the ionosphere. Explosions on the surface of the sun shoot hot particles toward Earth, sort of like a bunch of arrows heading our way. So why do they not kill us? God has given the Earth a shield to protect it: the ionosphere.

Following is a quote from my daughter's geography book:

"Did you know that from certain places on our Earth, on late, dark nights, you can actually see the ionosphere shielding Earth from these deadly particles? When these particles from the sun smash into the ionosphere, the collision creates the most glorious glowing lights...[these] are God's love lights to all of us who live on Earth...[They] are the result of the ionosphere shielding Earth from deadly sun particles...The next time you see a breathtaking aurora, red and green lights fluttering like a shimmering curtain in the night sky, remember how much God loves all of us on Earth! Thankfully, He created the ionosphere to protect the home He loves and made for us."

The author, Ann Voskamp, adds an interesting thought:

"Some believe that the prophet Ezekial in the Bible was the first person to ever write down a description of an aurora. Ezekial wrote, 'And as I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire." (Eze. 1:4) Do you think Ezekial may have seen God's love lights, an aurora?

THE SKIES OF NIGHT WERE ALIVE WITH LIGHT...,
THEY WERE ROSE AND SILVER SHOD;
IT WAS NOT GOOD FOR THE EYES OF MAN-
'TWAS A SIGHT FOR THE EYES OF GOD.

-Robert Service

Thank you God for loving us, protecting our home and revealing Your love and protection through such captivating beauty!