Earth Keeps Getting in the Way
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★THE REFLECTION fromthesunis supposed to let us see the brilliance of the moon, which has no light of its own. The moon is dark 24/7. The sun reflects off of the moon so that the beautiful moon is actually the result of the work of the sun. Now on some days we can see a full moon, on other days we can see a half moon.
On yet another day, only a quarter of the moon is visible, and then at times we can’t see the moon at all. How come we don’t always get the full moon? Because whenever there is less than a full moon, it means the Earth is in the way. The Earth has gotten between a portion of the moon and the sun.
The moon’s reflection is interrupted as Earth moves in its orbit. Earth simply keeps getting in the way. Many of us are not able to move forward in our lives, because Earth keeps getting in the way. We are so focused on time, and so foggy about eternity, that the benefits of eternity are not able to penetrate the realities of time and we are stuck with what we see.
The point
The Earth coming between the sun and moon blocks reflected light; similarly, our focus on temporal concerns blocks our experience of eternal blessings and God's grace.