I love the morning! Now, ironically, I am not a "morning person." However, when I do manage to wake up early, I really appreciate the beginning of a new day.
So I choose to write on the subject of MORNING. This is my favorite part of the day. Unfortunately we associate morning with "work" and all is spoiled henceforth. But I do want to give Daybreak its due as it were.
Daybreak:
–noun
I used to love night best but the older I get the more treasures and hope and joy I find in mornings. ~Terri Guillemets
"Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness." Lam. 3:22-23
the first appearance of daylight in the morning; dawn.
Simple huh? I was thinking of this word and how significant it is. For only light penetrates darkness. You notice that it's never the other way around. Night doesn't invade day. Darkness is the absence of light, so when day "breaks" it's expelling evening. If you are in a dark cave and you light even a simple match, your whole surroundings are illuminated. How sweet is that?!
I used to love night best but the older I get the more treasures and hope and joy I find in mornings. ~Terri Guillemets
Morning brings with it the idea of new beginnings. Sunrise signifies new birth and a fresh start. I love the image of nightfall being eliminated by the coming sun. No matter what we did yesterday, today is a new day! We get to start over. Interestingly, the book in the Bible that would seem to be the most depressing gives us some of the best hope in two verses:
"Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness." Lam. 3:22-23
In the midst of this lament there is hope! God ushers in His mercy through the rising sun. What joy that should give us. Each day is an opportunity to start anew, to wake up and surrender our lives to Jesus. It's almost like we get to "reset" ourselves. We fall asleep and dream, then our eyes open and we instantly have a choice: "Do I live for myself today and what I can get out of it?" OR, "Do I live for Jesus and draw on His grace and mercy?" I confess I don't make the right choice as often as I like, or even acknowledge that there is a choice at all. I live under the illusion of "self" and ignore God's voice completely. It says that Jesus got up early in the morning to go off and pray. He was intentional with the beginning of His day! Just remember that there IS hope today! And technically it's still morning as I write this-
So...
let the mercy of God wash over you this day!
Good word. I too have been learning the art of appreciating the morning. Recently someone had posted on FB "Today is a new day" and though it seems obvious it really hit me in the way you are talking about. TODAY IS A NEW DAY.
ReplyDeleteIt's encouraging to read, especially when you feel as though days run into each other, seemingly without purpose...but we know that not to be true! He IS with us in the morning, even singing over us! Today is new and He is the same!
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