Written by:host
Friday, 14 November 2008

We live in a unique country, a family of islands under southern skies.

By day Aotearoa, the long white cloud, covers the land, recalling for many the pillar of cloud, leading God’s people through the desert (Ex 13: 21).

At night, the stars of the Southern Cross remind us of the pillar of fire which led the people in the dark of night. This luminous sign reveals the grace and blessings of God.

In these islands and under this Southern Cross, Christ crucified and risen from the dead is with us.

For the tangata whenua, the group of stars known as the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) was the Southern Sky sign they worshipped under. For the Maori people this sign was known as Mata Ariki, the ‘Eyes of God’.

How do you expect to discover God under our southern skies today?

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