Hello everyone, hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
In this November, my wife and I fly back to Tucson to celebrate the 70th
birthday of our dear spiritual grandfather Jon Heine. There are many memorable
moments happening there, and I want to share the most wonderful one with you.
On November 14th, together with Jon, we go to
Scott and Nancy’s home for dinner. Both of them are pastors in our fellowship
who have a very deep influence on our way to Christ, and we even got baptized
at their home last year. So it’s definitely a wonderful reunion.
Actually, I knew there will be a super moon going at that
night several weeks ago, but I could never imagine what an amazing night God
has prepared for us. Sadly, there is a forest fire on the mountain happening
that day as well, and there is a very long line of smoke in the sky because of
that, but God utilizes that in his unique way.
After we finish the dinner, we go to the roof top of their
home together to watch the sunset and the super moon. Since their home is
located far away from the city, there is almost no light pollution there, and
it’s also very quiet and peaceful. Looking at the sky, the long line of the
smoke turns into a very beautiful spectrum under the light of the sunset. There
are different colors in the spectrum that gradually changes from one color to
another, just like a rainbow, but much longer. What an amazing scene! On the
other side of the sky, the super moon is rising at the same time. It’s so big
and bright that there is no darkness under the sky at all.
Before such astounding
views, what actions can I take except praising the Lord, the creator of all of
this? Besides that, I’m also with
the people I love the most on this planet, what emotions can I express except joy
and gratitude? Besides that, I didn’t plan for this to happen at all but
God prepared them all even before I asked, what words can I say except “I’m loved
and I love you”?
After I come back to Columbus, I keep thinking of that night.
In my life, there are not really many opportunities like that to be with the
persons I love the most under the most beautiful background. That night will
always be a shiny pearl in my memory no matter how many years have passed, and
it will keep reminding me of how much God loves me. Lord, thank you!
However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”—
the things God has prepared for those who love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9)
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”—
the things God has prepared for those who love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9)
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