stars

There's a line in a "bright eyes" song, where Conor sings "stars that clear have been dead for years but the idea still lives on"
The light from a star takes years to reach the earth so we can still see it in the night sky after it's gone out.
It would be easy here to get in to a philisophical debate contemplating wether or not the star at this point would still exist, i must admit with the thought of sounding clever and meaningful this is shamefully tempting, but it's meaningless wether or not the star exists.
I believe there's a more interesting point too take from this fact and the poetic genius of mr oberste. Without the source what remains of the light will inbetibly eventually fade.
That for me put's a new light (if you'll exuse the pun) on the section in scripture where we (the believers) are told to "shine like stars."
I love stars, i know the love of stars and the night sky is so clice, but as cheesy as it is to say it, i love lying on my back at night looking at stars and the moon, admiring the creation of G-d. I hate the fact that the concept of stars has been so misused.
I often watch the stars out my bedroom window aswell, when i first look out i can often only see a few but when i switch of the rooms light, it's like the sky suddenly lights up.
I wont explain the message i found behind that but leave you to consider it for yourself, kinda like Jesus did so wisely with his parables, the more i can learn from and live like Jesus the better.