The Moon and the Stars

We adults are used to looking up into the night sky and seeing the moon, in all its stages, and the stars.  One of my earliest memories is of laying in the grass, with my brother and neighborhood children, and looking for the man-in-the-moon and the Big Dipper.  On a clear evening, away from the city lights, it seemed to me that there were more stars than one could ever count! 

A special memory of looking at the moon came six or so years ago when our daughter was in South Korea, teaching English as a Second Language at a private school in Daegu, a city of around 4 million, a few hours by bullet train from Seoul.  There was a 12 hour time difference between Daegu and Knoxville, so it was early morning in Daegu and early evening in Knoxville.  That was the best time for us to Skype, and we were having our daily chat when I looked up and saw a perfectly beautiful full moon overhead.  I said, "Cindy, I wish you could see the moon!  It's so beautiful."  She looked out the window of her funky apartment, with its tiny kitchen and window, and said, "I see it here, too!"  There we were, thousands of miles apart, seeing the same moon!  How cool was that!

Barrett, at 2 1/2, has always liked the moon.  He looks for it in the sky and in his books and asks lots of questions, such as, "Can our car drive to the moon?"  Or, near the airport, "Can that airplane fly to the moon?"  We explain as best we can that, no, we can't drive or fly to the moon...but rockets have been there, and men have walked on the moon as well!  He really lit up at that!  And wanted to know all about astronauts, etc.

All this to say:  only God could make the moon!  Can you imagine?  Creating something so huge, far away, yet approachable by man?  It's all a little over my head, this astronomy stuff.  But it points me to God, and what better reason to be in awe of it, whether as a child or adult.

Thank you, God, for your wondrous, creative powers.  You are an awesome God.  The sun, moon, and stars in the sky are evidence enough of your ever-presence with us.  I am grateful for reminders like that...I really am.