The Moon City

Published: June 25, 2020, midnight

b'Exiting the caf\\xc3\\xa9, I remembered I hadn\\u2019t taken my muscular gravity supplements. I quickly popped the pill, uncomfortably imagining my skeletal and muscular systems wasting away in the low Lunar gravity.\\nI shambled down the hallway outside, past the genetically modified plants and artistic fountains. I heard someone call out and turned to see a friend of mine, an engineer, loping up behind me. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153How goes the playwriting?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d he asked, a grin on his face.\\nI shook my head, wanting to talk about anything else. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Not much success. How is the engineering life going?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nWe fell into shuffling step, passing a huge greenhouse branching away from us into the Lunar mountains. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Oh, you know, same trouble as ever. That moon dust destroys everything from machinery to spacesuits. We think we might have a drop on it this time though.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nI nodded, sipping my drink through a straw. He seemed to hesitate, finally leaning in when a couple of police officers had passed. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Look, friend, I care about you. You are a ridiculously bright artist. But you need to get moving and write something. It\\u2019s been months since you wrote anything, and there is only room in this city for doers.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153What are they going to do?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I asked. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Throw me out an airlock?\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nHe didn\\u2019t answer, which alarmed me more than anything he had said. He peeled off to the right, toward the communications center.\\nI was left standing in the hallway, busy people bustling around me. I looked up past the glowing streetlights to see the faraway sphere of Earth hanging in the black sky.\\n\\u201cIs there anyplace I can go,\\u201d I wondered, \\u201cwhere people will love me\\u2014not just the things I accomplish?\\u201d \\u2022 Kevin Zeller\\n\\u2022 Read Ephesians 2:8-10. Why is grace from Christ\\u2014not what we do\\u2014the way we gain entrance into His city? \\n\\u2022 Reread today\\u2019s Bible passages. What kind of city does God promise to His people in Christ? \\n\\u2022 Is your faith in Christ? To learn more, check out our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page.\\nFor you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:26 (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nHebrews 11:13-16; Revelation 21:1-6'