Earlier this year, I watched through protective glasses, the full eclipse of the Sun by the Moon. It was amazing to watch the process as the Moon blocked greater & greater portions of the Sun from our view, until it looked like sunset in the middle of the day; then finally, darkness with a distinct fall in temperature. I wondered at how this would have appeared to ancient people. Would they have prayed in fear as the Sun disappeared, and scant minutes later, rejoiced at the Sun’s reappearance? Even as a modern person, I found the experience startling & a bit spooky. It was a good experience with my older daughter & youngest grandchild beside me. I was sitting near an old friend who had also lost his wife. We talked a bit about loss & heaven & the desire he felt to go to be with his wife. We shared a bit of the loneliness of being in our situation. Also in the group was a young man whose grandfather, I learned, had been a Church of the Brethren minister. There was no Church of the Brethren congregation at all near where he grew up and he was interested in that part of his heritage. I was able to suggest some books he could read to learn more about the part of his background. In the midst of a cosmic event, there were three different personal events that were going on at the same time, each amazing, if not cosmic. How many other ordinary & accidental events were going on while the Moon passed before the Sun? What an amazing life, what an amazing universe, what an amazing God!