Last night there was a "super moon" lunar eclipse.
According to the news:
The United States and much of the world will see skies graced by a bright, big moon that will be encapsulated in a total lunar eclipse late Sunday evening into early Monday, according to NASA.
The super moon, which comes around once every year, will appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter that evening before it is engulfed by an eclipse for more than an hour.
Another super moon eclipse will not occur again until 2033.
It was an amazing and rare sight.
Or so I hear.
Unfortunately, where I live, clouds covered the sky and hid the moon from my view. This morning people were posting photos and videos of it on Facebook, but when I looked into the sky last night, I saw only darkness.
Life can feel like that. Others are experiencing the brilliance of the Lord, testifying about answered prayer, and praising God. Yet when we cry out to him, he appears silent and we cannot see him.
The clouds covered my view of that spectacular moon, does that mean it wasn't there?
My trials can cover the beauty and majesty of the Lord, does that mean he is not worthy of my praise?
Why is it that we need to go through times like these?
I'll end with the words of Peter. If you are struggling, take a moment to pray and ask the Lord to allow this truth to sink deep with in you.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
"In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
"Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls." 1 Peter 1:3-9 (NIV)
