Lasting Impressions

July 20 was the 46^th anniversary of mankind's first landing on the moon.

There were a number of thoughts that crossed my mind as I considered this.

My first thought was about how young I was at the time.

I was a child during the “space race” when the United States and the Soviet Union competed to see who could put men on the moon and return them safely to earth.

My second thought was how excited I was when Apollo 11 launched.

I remember sitting in front of the television watching the news coverage.

I remember the countdown finally reaching zero and watching those enormous rocket engines firing up and how they lifted that huge rocket into space.

My thoughts then turned to the lunar landing and the exploration of the moon.

I remember anxiously awaiting Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon.

I also remember Buzz Aldrin following moments later and how they skipped around the surface of the moon.

It still amazes me that the astronauts were able to figure out that skipping was the best way get around in reduced gravity.

Then the time came for them to climb back into the lunar landing module and return home.

I also thought about the things they and every other astronaut that followed them left behind on the surface of the moon – footprints.

Because the moon has no atmosphere, those footprints will remain as long as there is a moon.

That struck me most of all,

Each of the men that walked on the moon left a set of impressions behind that will last practically forever.

You and I also leave impressions with everyone we meet and those impressions will last a very long time.

What kind of impressions do we leave?

Hopefully they will be of the kind Jesus commanded us to leave.

John 15:12 (NET) – My commandment is this—to love one another just as I have loved you.

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

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