THERE’S A STAR IN GOD’S WINDOW
Story★★★★A FATHER AND his son were walking down the street looking at the stars in the windows of the homes indicating that those homes had boys in the service of the nation from Iceland to the Solomon Islands. ‘That boy was deeply impressed as his father told him the meaning of those stars. As. they walked along in the early evening, Venus, the evening star, -arose above the western horizon and shone all alone, so prominently that the little boy looked up and said to his father, “There’s a star in God’s window too, isn’t there, daddy?”
When I heard that beautiful story I remembered a Bible text which says, “God . . . gave his only begotten Son,” and I figured that the child was right. There is a community of interests between God, our heavenly Father, and all earthly fathers and mothers who have given sons to the war, for “‘there’s a star in God’s window too.” That is a thought to stir the soul of all of us as we think of those days when Jesus Christ went into Gethsemane, knelt by a stone alone to pray that that cup might pass from him, went to an un- just trial before Pilate, and was crucified with a crown of thorns upon his brow.
Yes, there’s a star in God’s window, and when we think of that we have a new sense of nearness to our heavenly Father—a new feel- ing of oneness with him, of suffering, sorrow, and tragedy.
The point
A child's observation about stars in windows honoring sons in service leads to reflection on God's sacrifice of His own Son.