Lunar thoughts.
I was sitting outside yesterday and realized that the moon was staring at me. Last week Neil Armstrong died and that had been on my mind; he was a humble fascinating man.
After Neil and Buzz Aldrin (with a name like that he could really only be an astronaut) successfully landed the lunar lander on the moon, they had a scheduled meal time. In a brief moment of silence before meal time began, they opened a package containing bread and a packet containing wine and they took communion. The first food ever eaten on the moon was taken through communion.
During communion they read a verse that had been prepared for that moment. Neil took out a piece of paper and placed it over the abort button. The piece of paper contained John 15.5 which reads,
“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, and I in him, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me”
I find it incredible that the men who had just done something that people had deemed impossible took a moment to say that apart from God they could do nothing. Regardless of what you think or believe I think it shows the significance of the convictions both Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin held.
