What a beautiful sight...

I wonder how many of you saw this same moon on Wednesday night? I just had to pull out my camera! It's times like this that I really wish I had a fancy-schmancy type of camera, because these pictures don't do the beautiful moon justice. The clouds were just perfect. Of course, there is a scientific explanation for all of it, but I just thought it was beautiful. I could get lost on Google looking at moon images.
Shoot the moon!

"How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon From the slow opening curtains of the clouds Walking in beauty to her midnight throne!"~~George Croly

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

"Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon."~~Walter De La Mare Silver

“When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator."

“The day, water, sun, moon, night - I do not have to purchase these things with money.”
~~ Titus Maccius Plautus

Beauty in...the Moon.

Tonight, you may have seen the biggest full moon of the year. My family and I were headed out to visit a family and as we come around the corner, I saw the most beautiful site ever! The moon was HUGE. It looked beautiful placed between the mountains. I was so upset, because I always have my camera in my purse, but I took it out to upload some quick pictures for my sweet sister (she was fixing up my Etsy banner - Thanks, SIS!) and left without it! Boo. So, I decided I just better enjoy it.

The photo above is obviously not one that I took, but it did look just like this, but not so red. We were all in awe.

Did you know that the moon has no light of its own? It reflects light from the sun! Wow. Tonight the sun and the moon were working over-time to give us such a beautiful show.

What sort of things are we reflecting? Do you reflect light? Are others encouraged around you? Do you see the glass half-full?

Believe me. I do not go around with a "life is perfect" mentality, but like my friend Lee says, "Life Is Not A Rehearsal". It is real. You might as well make the best of it. I hosted two blog challenges in a row encouraging others (and mostly myself) to show Gratitude or to Choose Joy. Now, I am participating in a challenge where we are to look for BEAUTY in our daily lives.

I do these things, not because my life is so happy, happy, joy, joy - but because it helps me to FOCUS and give more energy to looking for the positive things. The negative things WILL come, but are you going to let them trip you up and drag you down? Are you going to go around with a dark shadow on your face? I think it'd be better to reflect light, and when things are in the light - things are more clear and can be dealt with...there's no hiding.

The moon was oh, so beautiful - but I found more beauty in thinking about that great sun that was shining on that moon allowing it to have it's big day. What a selfless sun! =]

John 12:46 ~ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

John 8:12 ~ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.