I don’t know if it’s just me—I find that there are some pretty simple things in life that are just ridiculously great.

Driving at night with an open sunroof is amazing to me. Cool air blowing through the car with the night sky shining in is what it’s about! My beat up, last decade Camry is nothing special. Its front speakers crackle because they are blown so I usually just listen to the back speakers really loud. Both bumpers are cracked like the windshield. There is over 200,000 miles on the car so the engine leaks oil faster than I can put it in. But it has that sunroof, so life is good.

Every time I catch a second of the news lately, there seems to be a little bit of gloom that wants to settle in and stay a while. It’s really cool that there are simple things that can bring a smile to the heart. God is bigger than life’s craziness. He comforts the soul in so many easy to miss ways; we have to look more carefully some times. He is our peace and his spectacular night sky, shining through the window of a mess, blows my mind on a regular basis. We are in pretty stinkin awesome hands. What is it that makes you smile?