GLORIOUS NIGHT I just happened to wake up about 5:20am the other morning and remembered the meteor shower. I went to the back door and looked out... WOW! Now, don't get me wrong. It wasn't like a science fiction movie, and I never saw many of them at once. However, I saw one shooting star right after another. There were probably ten in about five minutes. I went to the front door, just to see if they were out there too (as if they wouldn't be) and sure enough, they were! I decided to turn off the bathroom light that was reflecting outside (I had it on so I could find my way back to bed) and looked out the back again. I could see the smaller ones (dimmer ones) and they were almost continuous. It was sort of like: "There's one! Oh, there's another! And another!" -- one right after another. It was awesome! I only wish I had film in one of the 35mm cameras so I could have attempted to take pictures, but it wasn't to be. So I just stood there thinking, "Ok, now what?" I could tell anyone who might listen that I saw the meteor shower. I can't even remember the name of it -- how embarrassing. And I could try to describe what I saw from INSIDE my house (it was way too cold to go outside in my pajamas!) without any physical proof of pictures or witnesses. So, I decided to go back to bed. When I sat on the edge of my bed, I just had to get one more look, so I peeked through the mini-blinds and lo and behold, I could still see them shooting by -- a little slower in between now, but much more brilliant since there is a street light and only the really bright ones were visible. As they would streak across the sky, I thought of God's glory and how wonderful that He allows these phenomena to happen so infrequently so we can appreciate a glimpse of what heaven must surely be like. As I lay my head down on my pillow, feeling guilty for abandoning such a beautiful sight, I fell asleep at peace knowing that no matter what, God is in control, otherwise those meteors would hit our wonderful planet Earth. And at this time in my life, in all our lives, I needed to see that miracle firsthand. Thank you God for waking me up at 5:20am. I am sure that glorious sight was meant just for me. -- Jerry Cole O * O *O * O O * * O <º)(((((~((((((>>>< * <º)((((~((((>< missi