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What do you see now?



            The telescope was trained on the moon and there was a line-up of people waiting to take a look.  From the top of a mountain in Montana, the view was spectacular!  The craters on the upper right-hand side of the moon’s surface were especially clear and everyone was amazed at what they saw.

            Several nights later, I took the same telescope to the same location and trained it on the same subject.  However, this time what we saw was different.  This time the craters on the lower left-hand side were the ones that were particularly visible.  The ones on the right-hand side that we had marvelled at only a few nights before were now completely washed in sunlight and invisible to us.

            The same object, viewed from the same spot, at approximately the same time of day yielded two completely different, yet equally spectacular, views.  Maybe that is one of the reasons why the moon has interested people for so many years; every time you look at it, you see something new and interesting.

            That experience with the moon is similar to what I have experienced in reading the word of God.  Every time I read a portion of the Bible, I see something new and different.  A passage that may have meant a certain thing to me ten years ago may now teach me something new simply because my thoughts, my circumstances and my approach to the word have changed.  That is one of the reasons why it is so valuable to keep reading the word of God.   Even very familiar scriptures can yield new truths when seen in the light of this day and the new experiences and understandings that come with it.

            Scripture always deepens with the reader.

            Why not take your Bible off the shelf and read a little bit?  You may see something you have never seen before.

            “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path” (Psalm 119:105)

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