SUNRISE

I had this job at one time where I worked the night shift. So that meant I spent a lot of sunrises there.

Had a chance to see the world slowly change from black to the many shades of morning. And some were truly amazing.

What affect my view the most was the kind of night that I had experienced. If I was relaxed and feeling a peace, I noticed more.

If it had been stressful, then I often didn’t give the sunrise the same attention. Didn’t have much to do with how it looked.

And sometimes when new employee would come in that wasn’t used to being up early they often saw the sunrise in a special way. Maybe it had been a long time since they were up to appreciate it.

Course since I did have the chance to see it everyday, it didn’t have the same impact on me as often. Still, once and while it still did affect me very intensely.

Life does always have its forms or splendor. One doesn’t have to be a person of faith to enjoy them.

But what we see will be affected, by what we believe. And if through our eyes we find the Lord’s hands in the majesty then it is source of inspiration.

It is simple reality, but so easy to miss. In our haste and obsession with the clock how many sunrises do we truly miss?

That is a question only an individual can answer. But I do think back to appreciate how in that situation it was one way God used to inspire.

I won’t say I wrote great thoughts because of it, but I did enjoy the way His grace comes in such situations. And how we can reflect on it later for its gifts.

Of sunrises missed we all know and understand. The missed occasion where God speaks through natural means.

Then too we are all of the inclination to see only so much of life in the process. Hopefully it will be a step towards more faith.

Such is the nature of life. To see something powerful in the ordinary, but know is God, will always be the reflection of the soul.

And what a joy when are full of the willingness to see. Some will be more inclined than others. And along the way we still move on the same path.