I find myself sitting in a large parking-lot at almost 11pm at night. Nothing weird going on, just compelled to stay out a little longer. The moon is hanging in an awesome spot where it is visible from just the right spots at the right altitudes.
I remember when I was in High School, I would go “Moonlight Chasing” where I would drive thru different neighborhoods trying to find where the best view of the moon was. Just a silly game, but it was fun to do when I had the time.
Funny thing about the moon, which I remember from school…the moon emits no light on its own. On nights like tonight when it is all bright and awesome to look at, it isn’t that the moon has any light of its own, it is coming from another source, from the sun. Somehow the light from the sun is bouncing off the moon and reflecting to us in the middle of the night. Pretty cool.
It is more than just a cool thought when you realize that some of us are sitting in the middle of a dark night, waiting for daylight. Sometimes it seems like it is almost pitch black, and you wonder if this is the night that will never end. In those dark moments of the soul, there is a beacon of hope. There is a moon that sits on high and reminds me of a promise. It reminds me that while night comes…it can only stay for a while, because it will eventually have to submit and give way to daylight.
The moon, and the light that it shares, is in effect a reminder of God’s faithfulness. Darkness does not reign, despair is not an end. There is a moon up above that reflects light and reminds us, “the light is coming.”
So tonight, I find myself Moonlight Chasing, trusting in a promise.
8 comments:
Wow Cory, great blog. Encouraging thoughts; thanks for sharing your revelation of truth.
-E.B.
Nice thoughts roomie. We'll have to go moonlight chasing one night when the view from the bonzai deck doesn't cut it.
I like your thoughts on God's faithfulness. Along the same lines of the trampoline bounce-back concept, but i think the moon is cooler.
Thanks for the post.
Hmm. I like this Cory. I love thinking about all the metaphors are in the world around us -- how we are like moons (Christians) in that we don't create our own light, but our glory only comes from the sun... at times we appear brighter than others, but all in all our source is not our own, but from the Sun... or Son... depending on how you look at it. Great blog:)
Cory,
Love your thoughts here.
It reminds me that while night comes…it can only stay for a while, because it will eventually have to submit and give way to daylight.
I cannot tell you how many times I had to hold onto thoughts like these as I walked through my own "dark night of the soul" within the past three years.
My counselor would often tell me that God would bring me out in His timing and His way and to try to rest. It brought me relief to know that there was someone who loved me that was ultimately in total control (because I definitely wasn't).
The dark is a very scary place. You can't find your footing, see your way, or know what lies ahead. I
know it well.
Thanks for the reminder about God's faithfulness in our frailties. We would be lost without Him.
not sure why my name says (mom) by it, probably from all the times I have commented on Annie's blog. Anyway, I feel like a mom to all you guys, so I'll leave it. :-)
Well-said! And Abigail's metaphor in her comment was very profound as well. :)
P.S. The kids now-a-days learn the moon reflects the sun's light in first and second grade... crazy right?
great thoughts..thanks for the reminder of how good our God is
beautiful metaphor cory...very well said.
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