spotlight

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

At 3am I awoke disoriented. There was an incredibly bright light shining through a window directly into my eyes. At first my brain began convincing me that it must be a light from the new neighbors, but that idea didn't settle well based on the angle in which it was entering my room. Then I thought that maybe someone had a light at the top of the newly replaced compound wall, but that didn't make sense either. I wasn't concerned about the light, especially since I figured the staff who sleep at the compound would have been fully aware of this disturbance. Yet as I continued to lie there, the light began to slowly shift and not disappear.

Eventually I decided to pull myself out of my comfortable bed to investigate the matter. I did not want to disrupt the staff or draw any attention to myself so I attempted to open my door as quietly as I possibly could to step outside and look. Now my door swings toward the direction from which the light was originating. I was forced to step fully out of my room and onto the gravel in the courtyard to actually determine the source of this massive illuminator. Lo and behold, it was the moon. The largest, probably fullest, moon I have ever seen in my life was quite literally blanketing our world like a gigantic spotlight. Not even the headlights of passing cars regiestered as they passed because the moon was so bright. I even thought about using my sunglasses as I gazed at it. I stood outside roughly 15 minutes talking with God as I appreciated His marvelous creation. In no other place have I been treated to such a wonder as that.