Friday, September 9, 2016

Dear God,

The sun rises.  The sun sets.  In all its magnificent colors.  When we can't count on much else, we know the sun will rise and set.

Tonight at a dinner with friends, we watched the sun slowly drop from the sky to the lake.  We drank in the beauty realizing that tomorrow it will all happen again.

There is a steadfastness in you, O Lord.  We can always count on you for a constant daily rhythm.  We know certain things will occur.  As we open ourselves to you and follow you, we too can be engulfed in first morning light.  We can watch the sun rise in colors of yellow, blue, red, pink, gray, and gold, varying from day to day, but as beautiful as the day before.  As the evening wears on, we can observe the sun changing its course from this continent.  We can sit and wait and watch and eventually the sun will disappear before us but not without first a colorful display.

We look to you, Wondrous God, and when we follow your lead, we see what you see.  We know what you know about certain things that effect our lives.  When we tune ourselves to your channel, we can experience the wonder of life and all its valuable lessons.  Thanks be to God!

Holy God,
thank you
for the wonders
of creation.
Thank you
for your faithfulness.
Thank you
for gifts
that happen
every day
and we get
to see it.

Love, Andrea