🌠 When Earth Has No Answers, Look to the Stars
- Wanda Jones
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
📖 SERMON TITLE;
Out of Answers, Under the Stars; When Earthly Meals Leave You Hungry
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Creator of the heavens and earth, You formed the galaxies and also formed our hearts. When we do not know what to say, when we feel empty inside, you fill us. As we reflect on this message, may we lift our eyes to the stars and remember that even when we do not have the recipe, you do. Feed us with truth, clarity, and cosmic perspective.
Halleluyah.
🌌 Scripture Reading (Halaleyah Scriptures)
Tehillim (Psalms) 19:1
"The shamayim are proclaiming the esteem of Ěl; and the expanse is declaring the work of His hand."📜
YeshaYahu (Isaiah) 55:9
"For as the shamayim are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."📜
✨The Supper of the Stars~ The image may show laughter, but spiritually it speaks of exhaustion. “I don’t know.” “I don’t care.” These are not just replies, they are signs of disconnection. A family asks for supper and instead receives silence, blank stares, or shallow shrugs. Not because we do not love them, because we are tired.
Not because we do not care because we have lost alignment. We have been so pulled into worldly busyness that we forgot how to look up. 🪐 The Cosmos and Spiritual Alignment~ When ancient people had no answer, they did not scroll, they looked to the sky.
They found direction in the North Star, meaning in constellations, and time in the rhythm of the moon. Our ancestors in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East all shared one thing in common;
The heavens helped them cook the soul’s recipe. Anthropologists have found that across cultures, the stars were more than light, they were reminders of order in chaos, meaning in confusion, and hope in silence. 📊 Applied Statistics and the Silence of Today~ Data shows that the average family now spends less than 12 minutes a day in meaningful conversation. And yet, we wonder why meals feel empty, why love feels rushed, and why answers like “I don’t know” have become default responses. This is.not just about food. It is about emotional hunger. 🖼️ Museum Reflection – Manhattan, NY. At the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, one room maps the observable universe. Standing in that cosmic display, you feel small but also connected, you realize the same Creator who made Saturn’s rings and black holes also formed your dinner table, your questions, your fatigue. The cosmos does not say, “I don’t know.”
The stars do not shrug, “I don’t care.”
They shine. They show up. They reflect order, not confusion. So why should we, as divine image-bearers, settle for spiritual emptiness? 🗣️ Philosophical Insight~ Carl Sagan once said, “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
In other words, we were made to seek answers, to cook up meaning, even when the recipe is not written down.
Rumi said, “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
So if your mind feels blank, if you are out of spiritual groceries, maybe the universe is inviting you to let light back in. 🏛️ Cultural Context; Mohegan & Polish Lineage. The Mohegan Tribe understood the spiritual role of fire, not just for warmth but for storytelling, memory, and nourishment. In Polish tradition, the empty chair and plate at the table symbolized anticipation for a traveler, a stranger, or a spiritual visitor. Both cultures remind us;
We always set the table. Even when we do not know who or what is coming.
📉 Law, Ethics, and Silence ~ In courtrooms, refusing to speak does not erase the need for truth. “I don’t know” is a placeholder, not a judgment. Yet, if repeated too long, it leads to dismissal, mistrust, or delay. Likewise, in our homes and hearts, we cannot live forever in “I don’t know.”
We must decide. Choose. Prepare something. Even if it is just a slice of hope and a sip of prayer.
🌠You may not know what your family needs.
You may not care today because you are drained.
But the heavens declare His glory and so must you. Serve up a conversation.
Offer up presence.
Bake in love.
And do not forget to look up before you give up.
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Yahusha Most High, lift our heads toward the stars when our spirits feel low. Teach us that even when we say, “I don’t know,” You are the Answer. Guide our hands to prepare peace, and our hearts to serve meaning at every table, whether physical or spiritual. From galaxies to groceries, we trust You to provide.
Halleluyah.
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