Psalm 147

"He determines the number of stars;
he gives to all of them their names."
Psalm 147: 4

Last night I went outside and got away from the lights a bit so that I could look up into the stars again. What I saw was very familiar. The stars looked much the same as they did in Oregon. The surroundings were different (very different actually) but the stars were the same. It was a good reminder to me that while my surroundings change my God does not.
The things that I have learned about myself and about God over the last several months go with me back into familiar surroundings. There might be times that I will have to go look into the night sky to remind myself of God's vast 'sameness' but that will be ok, because where ever I go I know that God will still be there.