"Look, Howard," I gasped in awe at the sight of a huge, yellow, brilliantly bright moon hovering over the horizon. On the way home from church, we had just entered the highway to the country when this spectacular surprise came into view. How gorgeous to see it hanging there in the blackness of the night sky!
Staring at it, I thought of how I viewed the moon as a little girl. I never called the shadowy design of the surface the " Man in the Moon." I could only see a lady brushing her hair, hair that floated aloft in its wavy beauty. I remember lying on the grass on our rocky hilltop and marveling at it even then.
Genesis 1:14 tells us, And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons, and days, and years. (15) Let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth." And it was so.
(16) God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also."
As a child, I was told not to look at the sun, or you would go blind. (If you tell a child not to do something, it may be the first thing they will do.) I looked at the sun, and felt blind for a few seconds, but thankfully, no longer than that!
Another foolish memory from childhood was how we would whirl around to get dizzy, then lie on the ground to feel the world rock! Dizziness is the worst thing I can think of now!
Many romantic songs have been written about the moon. Sweethearts love to dream and fantasize looking at this great marvel of God. It seems to inspire hopes, desires and even memories. Men have even gone to the moon, sending back to earth the realization of God as our Creator!
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