This past weekend we happened to be in northern Wyoming for the baptism of my sister-in-law in Sheridan. We thought we'd take advantage of that and stop at Mills Spring Ranch just outside of Casper to take in the eclipse in its totality.
It was an amazing weekend. The baptism was a wonderful baptism and another decision was made for baptism as well. You have to understand that we have been sharing the truths we hold dear with Tara (Grace's younger sister) for about 18 years. To see her make this decision and to take a stand for things such as the Sabbath is very heart warming for us and above that, seeing the changes that have been happening in her life over the past year has just been amazing. There is truly nothing like watching someone giving their life fully to Christ.
The eclipse was awesome! I don't use that word lightly, but because our God is awesome and He put all of it into motion thousands of years ago I believe the word is very fitting. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in my life. We saw a few stars come out during its totality and we were surrounded by somewhat of a sunset that was 360 degrees around us. It was truly breathtaking. We were down in a meadow overlooking Casper with people dotted all around us. When the sun went completely behind the moon you could hear the people all around us, as well as within our group immediately go into cheering. Some broke into tears and all into praise of some sort.
The eclipse is such a testament to there being a Creator, a Master designer. You see, the sun is just over 400 times the size of the moon, but it is also about 400 times as far away from the earth as the moon. Put another way, estimates are that 65,000,000 - 75,000,000 moons could fit into the sun. Yet, the moon and the sun appear to be the same size in our sky. Earth is the only known planet to have solar eclipses. The odds of this happening by happen chance are infinitely small. God has everything right where He wants it.
It was a wonderfully beautiful thing to experience and was a reminder of how great and awesome our God truly is.
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