How can you not believe there is a God?

I'm still in shock that I actually got to see the full moon rise over the ocean.   You can ask Alisha and Gary and Ruth Hoad and Caesar and many more people - they will tell you that I have longed for this event ever since I moved to Barbados - 3 years ago!  Every time in those 3 years that there would be a full moon - it would be too cloudy on the horizon to catch that first glimpse of it.   One time, I even drove early on the following morning to hopefully catch it as it set over the ocean - cloudy then as well.  I can remember dragging Alisha out of bed to go to that one and she will tell you of the time that we raced across the island in hopes of seeing the sight.  Gary has been rushed across the island with me many, many a time.  I had really given up hope of seeing it.

Then, I saw where someone had posted on Facebook that the super moon was happening last night.  You can ask anyone that is currently living in Barbados - that this weekend would not be the time to go searching a cloudless horizon!  There has been a tropical depression settled over the island for the past 2 days.  Rain, rain, and more rain.  But, Gary and I decided we would give it a shot this one last time.  You see, we are leaving the island at the end of May.  Very sad, I'm not ready to talk about that as of yet.  But, still now you know why last night was my last shot at seeing it.

I had asked people on Facebook to pray or keep their fingers crossed that I see this.  The reason I worded it that way, is because I have many dear friends on Facebook that are not Christians.  If you have noticed, I do not post a lot of those pictures/sayings on Facebook that state things like post this if your a Christian, etc.  The reason being - is I know these dear friends of mine don't want this stuff shoved down their throats.  They know that I'm a Christian and if they want to know more about how to have faith in Jesus Christ - they will ask me or someone else.

But, this one time - dear friends - I have got to make an exception to the rule.  Literally, the clouds parted at just the right moment - and as you can see from the picture above - I got to see the moon rise over the ocean!  I do not believe that this was by accident!  Thank you, Lord Jesus, for allowing me to see this - no matter how stupid or insignificant it might seem to others.

So, back to the story:  Gary and I left in plenty of time to get to the east coast - but, we were slowed down on the highway and roads by traffic.  My iPhone has two apps on it for moon stuff - one is moon phase, which tells me what phase the moon is in and when it will rise and set according to my location.  The other app - which is awesome - actually will show me where the moon is at in the sky at any time of the day or night.  So, I knew that the moon was to rise at 5:56 yesterday.  I didn't wear a watch - we were going to go to the Crane and watch the horizon from their lookout point and remember we had plenty of time to get there.....  But, with several setbacks - when we got to the lookout point, something just told me to check the time on my phone - it was exactly 5:56!  So, I quickly got the app to show me where the moon was supposed to be - pointed it at that location - and the picture above is the first picture we took - you are seeing what I saw!  I exclaimed to Gary (because he was talking with a man from Russia) "Gary, look it's there!"  I was ecstatic with glee.  And thanking God that he had indeed answered mine and others prayers for me to see this.  :)

What I am disappointed about though - is as you can tell - the moon is not that glowing gold/red color that I have seen elsewhere.  I think this is probably because the sun had not actually set yet - and so, we were still getting sunlight as well.  Probably, maybe tonight if I went back - the sun is going to set a few minutes before the moon rises - it might have a more golden glow to it - but, then again, it will not be full.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining.  And thank you very much for praying for me or keeping your fingers crossed for me that this would happen.  Love you all so much!