Watching and waiting, waiting and watching. What are we expecting? As I watched the lunar eclipse this morning , a myriad of thoughts, jumbled memories and future scenes played out in my mind. We know so little about so much. But the eclipse- right on! Timing was perfect! I watched as the moon entered the penumbra stage precisely at 4:15. Life isn't so precise. We don't know the time or place of the next great event in our life. How do we not know what will happen tomorrow, next week or next year, yet we know down to the minute the time the earth will fall into alignment with the sun and the moon?
I watched and waited, waited and watched until 4:56 when a slight shadow was supposed to appear. Did it? Hmmmm,,, did I catch them? Were they mistaken on the time? Did NASA make a mistake? No, I think I'll give them a pass on this one, considering my eyes were still blurry from lack of sleep and I was watching out my office window. But I'm still not sure I saw the shadow. More waiting and watching, watching and waiting- for what? What am I waiting for? What are we waiting for? Everyone needs a purpose, everyone needs a reason.
The Grand event began at 5:14 am est when the eclipse entered the umbra stage, my eyes had cleared and for this I even ventured out into the moonlit sky behind my house. Early this morning my reason was low in the western sky, framed by 2 large oak trees. . What a magnificent sight! I watched as the moon slowly became covered in the shadow of the planet that could consume it many times over. The brightness of the moon on a clear, starry night slowly faded to darkness and the sun became and softly lit ball in the night sky. Glowing eerily in a surreal moment. At that point the mountains and the valleys of the moon were visible. Without the light of the sun, the moon was vulnerable. It was open for all to see it's flaws and imperfections, it's valleys and deserts. At that moment I knew that all that life has to throw at us, pain, suffering, broken bonds, infidelity, lies , deceit, sickness, poverty, suffering, financial ruin...they are only for a season. We are vulnerable if we leave the protection of the Son. For as the shadow of the earth began to move, the light once again began to shine bright in the sky and the mountains and valleys on the moons surface disappeared. As our Son continues to shine in our life, our valleys and deserts will disappear in the light and our path will become clear.
My reason, my purpose...they are mine alone. That's what makes us so unique. We all have different reasons, we all have a different purpose in life. That's what makes life so miraculous. Waiting and watching, watching and waiting to find a reason, to discover a purpose.... it's worth the wait! God has a purpose for your life... watch and wait and it will be revealed.
