I haven’t met many mornings that I didn’t immediately love.
I love the excitement of the sun rising, of a fresh new day (with no mistakes in it, as Anne of Green Gables would say), the fresh energy that courses through my body and the reminder of walking with God in the very beginning.
In Proverbs (8:17), we are told:
“I love them that love me:
and they that in the morning early watch for me,
shall find me.”
As my day begins, I am eager to connect with God.
For hubby … not so much, or, more specifically, not so early.
I am pretty certain that hubby has never and will never see God early on any morning. Just a few days ago, as we were listening to a speaker, he reminded us of another Proverb (27:14):
“A loud and cheerful greeting
early in the morning
will be taken as a curse!”
Hubby heard it too and raised his eyebrows at me … I think I am going to be hearing this verse quite a bit.
As we have been vacationing at the coast, going to sleep and awaking each day to the sounds of the surf and the seagulls, my love of mornings has reached new heights. I simply cannot wait to peek through the blinds to see the waves crashing against the sandy shore. Each morning here I rise with the song it’s A Beautiful Morning playing in my brain.
The aesthetic beauty here is awe inspiring and it provides ample opportunity for creativity, renewal and rejuvenation.
But it is that morning glow … of my soul, that awakens a part of me beyond the typical dawn. This is a benefit that comes from experiencing summer sabbath rest, away, in the midst of beauty, and solid teaching, and good friends, and good food. It is like having the freshness of a new day, on steroids.
The other day someone reminded me of something from the creation account, that I had not thought of, before. Adam and Eve were the end of God’s creation week activities, truly they/we are his pièce de résistance … his greatest work. The day following that human creation was the day of rest, the sabbath.
Before Adam and Eve had to work, they rested. Imagine how spectacular their first morning, after their sabbath, felt for them! It made me realize we do not rest to get over our day, but we rest, in preparation for the new day.
“It’s a beautiful morning
I think I’ll just go outside for awhile
And smile”
“Every morning
he makes me eager
to hear what he is going to teach me.”
Isaiah 50:4
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