Comforting Stars

Sat 5-5-07
Before I left, my favorite sister-in-law gave me a perfect gift. It's an 11x7 frame with pics of my 3 nephews and neice. Between the pics and a special original poem are small glow in the dark stars. She gave similar gifts to each of the kids, but their frame has a pic of me and some of the kids from the home. She told them that when they laid in bed at night, they could look for the stars (glowing from the frame) and they'll know where "DebDeb" is. On my 3rd night away from home I felt miserable and had a fever. I was coughing too much and was too hot to sleep. As I rolled onto my back, I saw stars on my ceiling. I'd never seen them before, and wondered if this was just due to my fever. But somehow they were so comforting, and I knew that The Maker of the heavens and earth would take care of me. (By the way, when I did not see the stars the next AM, I called and confirmed with the previous tenant that there were translucent stars painted on my ceiling :) Now, fast forward to my arrival in Antigua Guatemala for language school. I had requested a specific host family on recommendation from a previous student. They didn't have any more "student rooms", so they put me in their son's room. Do you want to guess what was on his celing? Yep, bunches of stars. I've continued to have difficulty sleeping since arriving, but the stars serve to be a reminder and a comfort. I've now moved upstairs to a "student room". These rooms are literally built onto the roof...up by the stars. Isn't God good?