September 17 - September Skies - The Milky Way shines over the North Shore of Lake Superior with the lights of Two Harbors in the background.

The Milky Way Galaxy is an incredible work of creation and home to our earth. It is 150,000 light-years in diameter. Our Solar System resides roughly 27,000 light-years away from the galactic center, on the inner edge of one of the spiral-shaped concentrations of gas and dust particles called the Orion Arm.

When I look up into the nighttime September skies, the work of God's creation is apparent and humbling. 

God's Glory: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day, they pour forth speech; night after night, they reveal knowledge. They have no speech; they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. (Ps. 19:1-4)