Moon and Sun in One Run

The time change has given me fits.  Each time we change both in the spring and fall I suffer for at least a week sometimes two.  Getting up at 4:30 to eat before we run is tough anyway, but especially when my body is off because of a time change.  But I got up, and at 5:30 we headed out to run.

It was supposed to be an easy run but ended up being a more moderate pace, that's cool, I can handle it.  But what made the run so incredible was having the opportunity to start running when the moon was bright and still high in the sky and end the run with the moon down and the sun coming up over the horizon!

I said to myself  "Self, how many people really ever take the opportunity to see the moon still up, bright, and shining in the dark, and then also stay out long enough to see the red and orange colors of a sunrise?"  Even camping we sleep until the sun is up rather than just daybreak.  What an opportunity we have when we get up early, before the others are stirring, before the traffic begins, before the noise of the day.  God gives a lot to admire and yet it passes by us without a glance.

Even if you don't run it would be worth it to get up one morning, go out somewhere where the lights don't shine when the moon is bright in the early morning hour, and watch it set, and then watch the sun begin to peak over the horizon.