The moon

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Friday night, I went out to look at the stars. I needed some time to reflect and take in some of God's beauty and what better way to do it than to look to the heavens. The night was calm and warm, still cooling off from the days heat (it reached about 50 degrees). Orion and The Big Dog still rode high in the sky and constellations like Cassiopia and the Big Dipper continued on their northern circuit. With my binoculars, I could see the stars clearer and closer. There were nebula to see along with star clusters. Truly, the heavens are amazing to behold if we actually take the time to look.

After I was there a little while, I glanced to the east and noticed an orange line on the horizon. "What is that?" In about a minute, I figured out it was the moon. It's huge arch continued to break out of the earth's crust and rise behind the windmills, into the heavens. The moons size (or apparent size) was huge and orange. Looking through my binoculars, I could see clearly the craters and mountains of the moon. Warm are flowed between me and the moon causing its edges to move like waves on a lake. Slowly, the moon climbed higher and higher. It was a great time of praise. God truly has made an awesome creation!