(http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)
At first I thought this was an April fools prank, but then I learned it was real. Actually, this is really two pictures taken 10 hours apart at the same location. The halos around the sun and moon are caused by ice crystals. Cool, isn't it? Now we both know what its all about. And then, there is this lesson from Jesus...
Mark, Chapter 4 (WEB)
26 He said, “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth, 27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn’t know how. 28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
How does the kingdom grow? The answer is a comparison to a sower sowing seed (see also Matthew chapter 13:3 ff.). It grows day and night (continually, like the ice halo in the picture). Exactly how this is done is a mystery, but I do know that the Word of God interacts with the intellect, will and life of us humans and causes growth. And this happens continually.
So, be patient with others, for perhaps they just haven't grown as much as you. Humm, perhaps your "halo" is still growing as well, so be humble. Are you listening, Gary?
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