I have been watching the sky a lot this week. I have been keeping an eye on daytime weather predictions because it is our Vacation Bible School week. We hold the annual Vacation Bible School (which is really much more like camp) at a local park. Most of our activities are outside so it is very helpful when the sun is shining. Each year I spend a great deal of time during the week prior to VBS hoping that it will not rain.
But for the last couple of nights I have been watching the night sky too because the moon has been HUGE and brilliant. It was a Blue Moon last night. Traditionaly, a blue moon is an extra full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year meaning a fourth full moon in a season. Recently the term has been applied when a second full moon in a month. Last night’s full moon was an extra full moon for this summer season. Apparently we won’t see another seasonal blue moon until May of 2016. You have heard the expression “Once in a blue moon” – now you know why that saying came to be.
As I watched the earth bathed with moolight last night I was reminded of some of the Psalms which make reference to the sky. The poets of old were also transfixed by watching the amazing show that comes to us in the night sky.
I hope you are able to do something special or meaningful today. The opportunities you have, the experience you will be given today will never come back. This day won’t come to you again. It is a once in a blue moon kind of day.
