在1968年，美國深陷越南戰爭的泥潭中，許多城市爆發種族衝突，兩名公眾人物被暗殺。在前一年測試火箭時，發射台上發生大火，奪去三位太空人的性命，登月夢想似乎就要成為泡影。儘管如此，在1968年的聖誕節前幾天，阿波羅8號還是成功發射升空。

這是人類第一次載人繞月飛行的壯舉。機組人員博爾曼、安德斯和洛威爾都是基督徒，他們從太空船傳送了一張地球的圖像，朗讀了一段平安夜的信息，以創世記1章1節開始：「起初上帝創造天地。」當時，這是全球電視收視率最高的世界大事，數百萬人從如今已成為經典的相片中，看到了上帝眼中的地球。博爾曼以第10節結束這段信息：「上帝看著是好的。」

有時候，我們無法正確看待自己，因為我們深陷困境當中，很難看見自己有任何的美好。但我們可以重溫上帝創造的記載，明白上帝如何看待我們。聖經說：「上帝就照著自己的形象造人」（27節）。還有另一節經文說：「上帝愛世人」（約翰福音3章16節）。今天，請牢記一件事，上帝創造了你。縱使你我都犯了罪，但上帝仍看到我們美好的一面，並且愛祂所創造的你和我。

It was 1968, and America was mired in a war with Vietnam, racial violence was exploding in cities, and two public figures had been assassinated. A year before, fire had taken the lives of three astronauts on the launchpad, and the idea of going to the moon seemed like a pipe dream. Nonetheless, Apollo 8 managed to launch a few days before Christmas.

It became the first manned mission to orbit the moon. The flight crew, Borman, Anders, and Lovell—all men of faith—broadcast a Christmas Eve message: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). At the time, it was the most watched TV event in the world, and millions shared the God’s-eye view of Earth in a now iconic photo. Frank Borman finished the reading: “And God saw that it was good” (v. 10).

Sometimes it’s hard to look at ourselves, all the hardships we’re mired in, and see anything that’s good. But we might return to the story of creation and see God’s view of us: “In the image of God he created them” (v. 27). Let’s pair that with another divine-eye view: “For God so loved the world” (John 3:16). Today, remember that God created you, sees the good despite the sin, and loves the you He created.