LUNA MARIA
My youngest granddaughter’s name is Luna Maria. Her name literally means “The Seas of the Moon.” As you can imagine, looking at the moon has taken on new importance in my life.
Since Luna’s birth I have noticed the Man in the Moon has looks more and more feminine.
During a recent camping experience at Llano State Park, my son and I were treated to nights filled with a full moon. Nights were illuminated by the moon’s reflective surface so that it was largely unnecessary to carry a flashlight. We spent a lot of time enjoying the moons brilliance. My son asked, “Do you see the man in the moon or the rabbit?” I was a bit shocked at the question. I had never heard of the rabbit in the moon, but I could see he was serious. He proceeded to try to outline the body and the ears of the rabbit in the moon. Try as I might, I could never see the rabbit. Indeed this morning, during meditation and devotion, I reviewed the many moon pictures my son forwarded to me, and try as I might, I still cannot see that rabbit.
At the same time, I know my son to be an honest man, so I am sure that rabbit is in there somewhere. I’ll just find peace with the fact that we have a different viewpoint, and find joy in the idea that there is more out there than meets my eye. I look forward someday to seeing the rabbit. In the mean time I’ll just keep looking for Luna Maria. In life, people see the world from many different perspectives. It is love that enables us to find joy in the gift others give by potentially broadening our understanding of the world around us and in us. What is most tragic is when our differing positions infect the world with hate.
Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. For he who is not against us is on our side. For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea.” Mark 9: 38-42
Since Luna’s birth I have noticed the Man in the Moon has looks more and more feminine.
During a recent camping experience at Llano State Park, my son and I were treated to nights filled with a full moon. Nights were illuminated by the moon’s reflective surface so that it was largely unnecessary to carry a flashlight. We spent a lot of time enjoying the moons brilliance. My son asked, “Do you see the man in the moon or the rabbit?” I was a bit shocked at the question. I had never heard of the rabbit in the moon, but I could see he was serious. He proceeded to try to outline the body and the ears of the rabbit in the moon. Try as I might, I could never see the rabbit. Indeed this morning, during meditation and devotion, I reviewed the many moon pictures my son forwarded to me, and try as I might, I still cannot see that rabbit.
At the same time, I know my son to be an honest man, so I am sure that rabbit is in there somewhere. I’ll just find peace with the fact that we have a different viewpoint, and find joy in the idea that there is more out there than meets my eye. I look forward someday to seeing the rabbit. In the mean time I’ll just keep looking for Luna Maria. In life, people see the world from many different perspectives. It is love that enables us to find joy in the gift others give by potentially broadening our understanding of the world around us and in us. What is most tragic is when our differing positions infect the world with hate.
Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. For he who is not against us is on our side. For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea.” Mark 9: 38-42
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