Very interesting how the many artists chose to illustrate this passage.
#4 especially emphasizes something I had not considered before:
the woman’s trust in God
the dragon is huge and terrifying
however, the woman calmly stands loving the Son
just as evil is everywhere (in our government, media, schools, culture)
yet we are to remain calm, stand in light, love the Son, and trust in God
Image 27 reminds me of the Challenger explosion.
THE WOMAN, HER SON, AND THE DRAGON:
A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
Then there's the history that 12 men have stood on the Moon, all Americans. (Can-DO!)
No shortage of America-hate these days. It's like blaming the field for the presence of the tares, and then conveniently making no distinction between the tares and the wheat. Well, unless of course it's the tares talking, because they identify as wholesome wheat.
Visiting Marshall
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is situated on the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Visitors are welcomed at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Marshall's official Visitor Center, which offers public bus tours of Marshall.
U.S. Space & Rocket Center visitors can learn more about Marshall's legacy and ongoing work. Interactive exhibits and historic artifacts demonstrate our critical role in supporting the breadth of NASA's exploration and science missions.
Visitors will learn how Marshall develops, integrates and manages complex space systems and scientific research projects that continue to yield exciting and innovative scientific discoveries.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/about/visitor.html
Let's see what David's son has on display:
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Ward had initially composed the song's melody in 1882 to accompany lyrics to "Materna", basis of the hymn, "O Mother dear, Jerusalem", though the hymn was not first published until 1892.[3] The combination of Ward's melody and Bates's poem was first entitled "America the Beautiful" in 1910. The song is one of the most popular of the many American patriotic songs.[4]
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In 1893, at the age of 33, Bates, an English professor at Wellesley College, had taken a train trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to teach at Colorado College.[5] Several of the sights on her trip inspired her, and they found their way into her poem, including the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the "White City" with its promise of the future contained within its gleaming white buildings;[6] the wheat fields of North America's heartland Kansas, through which her train was riding on July 16; and the majestic view of the Great Plains from high atop Pikes Peak.[7][8]
America the Beautiful
76 years to-the-day later:
Apollo 11
Rosh Chodesh Av, the "Nine Days" begins, with the death of Aaron:
The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifts off with Astronauts
Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
at 9:32 a.m. EDT July 16, 1969,
from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.
(Columbia the "dove" splashed down on Tisha B'Av, July 24, 1969.)
Willie:
"Kris, I wanna do another one of your songs, and uh help me out on it will ya.."
I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies
Turning on my world, the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dying
Healing as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of her eyes..
Kris:
Waking in the morning to the feeling of her fingers on my skin
Wiping out the traces of the people and the places that I've been
Teaching me that yesterday was something that I never thought of trying
Talking of tomorrow and the money, love and time we had to spend
Loving her was easier than anything I'd ever do again ♪
The Roland Old Glory is heavily worn on the fly edges, consistent with the wear of a seagoing flag.
astronaut
From astro- + -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).
I don't know the answer to the easy way she's opened every door in my mind
But 'Cause dreaming is as easy as believing that it's never gonna end
Loving her was easier than anything I'd ever do again
"Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation." ~ Buzz Aldrin
"Years of academy training, wasted!" ~ Buzz Lightyear, drunk on Darjeeling
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