Sun and Moon

Here are some random facts about the Moon:

• The moon orbits Earth at an average speed of 2,288 miles per hour
• The Moon takes about 27 days (27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11.6 seconds) to go all the way around the Earth and return to its starting position.
• The surface of the Moon has about the same area as the continent of Africa.
• The surface of the moon has many things on it such as craters, lava plains, mountains, and valleys.

When I was little, I no doubt thought that the moon made it's own light, just like the sun. As with other things I found out weren't true when I was younger, I was really shocked to learn that the sun reflected off of the plain old hunk of rock that is the moon, making it shine to us. 

I think the moon is a good representation of us as Christians and particularly myself (since I know myself better than I know anyone else). The moon is just a really plain object that orbits earth by itself. But, there's something more. There's something that makes the moon shine unlike the other random pieces of rock that float around in space. The sun! It shines onto the moon and reflects it's warmth and light onto earth. 

Just like the moon, Christians are regular people by themselves. But, we have something more, something that makes us shine in the dark to others on earth. There's something we have and that's God's SON Jesus! Without him we are just humans living our lives on earth. Because of him, we are now not of this earth. Our home is in heaven.

We, however, are citizens of heaven. We look forward to the

Lord Jesus Christ coming from heaven as our Savior. 

Philippians 3:20