Nothing Short of a Miracle

I was just able to witness the most amazing thing. I woke up (yes I actually got 20 minutes of sleep) at 4:07 and the sky was pitch black save for several thousand twinkling stars. And then as we were flying over the shoreline of Africa it was as if god put a mirror over the land. A single light appeared right on the edge and then one by one more and more lights appeared. They were shy at first and if you looked directly at them they would disappear but soon they were strong and closer together and then across the rest of the land more and more. It was like looking down at stars. Now we are flying at 36000 feet which means we're above cloud level. Way above. As the sky started to lighten with the rising sun a dark very large cloud disrupted the continuum of the horizon and as I was admiring the cloud lightning struck. If you've never seen lightning from above then I hope someday you do. There is just no way to describe it. At that point the sun was trying so very hard to peak over the horizon but it held back until the very last second and when it broke the barrier holding it out of sight it burst into my little cabin window as red and vibrant as I've ever seen it before. It can only be described as a pomegranate. And now as we make our last turn before touchdown in Nairobi we have to break through a layer of fluffy, well spun, pink cotton candy.