Rhythmic highlights – Cotswolds 2005

On reflection it was a much needed break and escape that we took to the beautiful little hamlet of Temple Guiting. It really was an idyllic retreat away from the hustle and bustle of urban life. Our time away (and indeed our inevitable return) was all the richer for the contrast.

Strange as it may seem a highlight for me were the stars – not that they were doing anything unusual – they were ‘just’ there and I could see them! (which hasn’t happened often since we moved to London two years ago) I‘ve grown used to the dull amber hue through which urban-dwellers view the night sky. God’s handiwork once again distorted by man’s pollution. The focus of the Psalmist’s paean of praise all but obliterated. At night, conversely it is the darkness that reveals God’s majestic and creative genius.

I suppose in the end stars are like good friends and God himself – you don’t have to see them to know they’re there.