Winds Above and Below

Winds have blown leaves back into my freshly cleared front yard. And, the Christmas forecast for SE Kansas is a record-breaking 77°F (25°C). White Christmas is the norm.

Solar Winds blowing faster than 750 km/s (1.7 million mph) are sparking Solstice auroras. After the New Moon, we could have clear dark skies if the Wind blows the clouds away.

SOLSTICE GEOMAGNETIC STORM: The longest night of the year did not go to waste. In Finland, the sky filled with auroras for so many hours that the display spilled from Dec. 21st to 22nd. Sebastian Sainio sends this self-portrait from the island of Raippaluoto:

The Sacred Exchange

The Solstice is “3 days of darkness” in the North that lead to Christmas. The Season of Light is filled with Expectation in the Darkness of the Unknown. The Offering of Faith is the Light we bring to the Season.

God orders the Time and Place of our Life and Death. In the beginning, one can feel very much like the other when the end is beyond our control. Life was out of control for Mary and Joseph. Even though Messengers of Light promised what the end would be, how it happens is the Mystery we can only know after the Miracle.

I remember the Dark Nights before Christmas 2021, facing an unknown future. I had no way of knowing that my life was at the threshold of an Answer to my prayer.

Miracles happen all at once. “Impossible” is the perfect Time to See that Only God could save us.

The Word promises Atonement for every Offering of the Heart. The Divine Justice for Faith in the Unseen is to “See Clearly” that we are Redeemed by the Light.

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