This isn’t an original thought, I’m sure.

Still, I’ll share it here.

Theories can be proven. Some, though, cannot. My own theory about pictures such as the one I snapped tonight at sunset is that God Almighty is capable of payback.

What the heck. God is capable of anything. Am I correct?

Earth was created with plenty of natural splendor. Lots of mountains, valleys, dense forests, spectacular coastlines, lakes and meadows … you name it. They blanket our planet and give us plenty of eye candy to cherish.

The Almighty, though, didn’t grace the entire planet with that kind of splendor. He gave some regions terrain such as what surrounds us in Amarillo. It’s flat, non-descript and, yes, it can be boring.

However, the Almighty did give us this enormous sky. I’ve noted before that whoever pinned the “Big Sky” label on Montana didn’t lay eyes on the High Plains region.

So, when the sun sets as it did tonight, the first thought that crosses my mind is that God is paying us back for denying this region the physical splendor that’s been spread over much of the rest of the planet we call home.

What the Almighty didn’t grant us in that kind of eye-popping grandeur is compensated for with that huge sky that lights up at the beginning and end of these glorious days.