Greeting Each New Day with Hope
Each morning as day breaks, before I’m even fully awake I hope the sun is shining. It awakens expectations for a day that will hold peace and joy that are ushered in by the brightness that it brings. I enjoy the sun bursting through the window, sometimes almost piercing the day to let me know it’s time. It’s time to welcome a new day! It’s time to step into it! It brings with it the promise of brightness and a comforting warmth that you want to simply bask in. As brilliant as it is bursting into the day, it can seem almost fickle with its presentation seeming to hide behind buildings or mountains. We have to know that even when it seems hidden, it is there! The sun is a gift from our Father who gave us the gift of His Son! Even when we feel like we don’t see God moving or feel Him near, He is never hidden from those who look for Him. He promises to make Himself known when we earnestly look for Him! (If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me ~Jeremiah 29:13)
Then there are times that you have to look – even search for the proof that the sun rose because it’s dark and gloomy, maybe even wet with the vestiges of the deluge from the night before. There are left over puddles as you step into the day. But this is your day. Rather than be derailed by what you see or do not see, you can choose to hope beyond the rain. You can decide that you will focus on what you know to be true; that is that God is with you. What greets us does not determine how we experience it; our perspective does. Our perspective is shaped by what we anticipate. We anticipate based upon what our focus is. Ours is that our God is good and He is with us and more than enough for us. Scriptures declares ‘And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others’ (2 Corinthians 9:8). That gives us hope regardless of what may be before us. We can experience it with the confidence that just as an umbrella covers us in the rain, the Holy Spirit covers us with peace. We can meet the momentary discomfort of heavy downpours and strong winds that tries to envelop us with the power of our Savior’s love to shield and protect us. We hope on for a brighter day. Our expectation is that the winds will slow, the puddles will dry and we will once again walk on dry ground.
How we face the day matters. It matters whether we meet it head on and go into it with hope and expectation whether the sun is shining or hiding. How we respond to each breaking day is a measure of what we trust in. We trust in the One who made the day because He know what each one holds. We hope in the truth that He will give us what we need. Will we give Him what He desires – our faith in His ability to help us handle it whether its blinding sunlight or torrential rain, our hope that He will work through whatever it is? Whether our day is beaming from the rays of sunshine that light our path or wet from the rains that have fallen, the same God is with us through them all. He will help us weather whatever comes our way (I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth ~Psalm 121:1-2).
As February erupts on the calendar it brings the reminder of hearts and flowers. The hearts are symbols of what grows in us, love that grows out of the relationship(s) we have. The flowers are symbols of what grows around us and they need both the sunshine and the rain. We also need both because they grow us – helping us experience the fullness that is our God. Embrace the dawning of each new day savoring the joy that comes from knowing our God is with us through sunshine and rain. Know that as He brings both for our good and His glory. Welcome them knowing we need both to grow in faith and trust and hope. Remember everything He created is good and He is mindful of His creation and that includes us! He gives us what we need for each new day, and that reminds us that we are thought of and loved. Our God gives us each new dawning reminding us that His thoughts of us are good and we are loved. Now that is a reason to hope!
Then there are times that you have to look – even search for the proof that the sun rose because it’s dark and gloomy, maybe even wet with the vestiges of the deluge from the night before. There are left over puddles as you step into the day. But this is your day. Rather than be derailed by what you see or do not see, you can choose to hope beyond the rain. You can decide that you will focus on what you know to be true; that is that God is with you. What greets us does not determine how we experience it; our perspective does. Our perspective is shaped by what we anticipate. We anticipate based upon what our focus is. Ours is that our God is good and He is with us and more than enough for us. Scriptures declares ‘And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others’ (2 Corinthians 9:8). That gives us hope regardless of what may be before us. We can experience it with the confidence that just as an umbrella covers us in the rain, the Holy Spirit covers us with peace. We can meet the momentary discomfort of heavy downpours and strong winds that tries to envelop us with the power of our Savior’s love to shield and protect us. We hope on for a brighter day. Our expectation is that the winds will slow, the puddles will dry and we will once again walk on dry ground.
How we face the day matters. It matters whether we meet it head on and go into it with hope and expectation whether the sun is shining or hiding. How we respond to each breaking day is a measure of what we trust in. We trust in the One who made the day because He know what each one holds. We hope in the truth that He will give us what we need. Will we give Him what He desires – our faith in His ability to help us handle it whether its blinding sunlight or torrential rain, our hope that He will work through whatever it is? Whether our day is beaming from the rays of sunshine that light our path or wet from the rains that have fallen, the same God is with us through them all. He will help us weather whatever comes our way (I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth ~Psalm 121:1-2).
As February erupts on the calendar it brings the reminder of hearts and flowers. The hearts are symbols of what grows in us, love that grows out of the relationship(s) we have. The flowers are symbols of what grows around us and they need both the sunshine and the rain. We also need both because they grow us – helping us experience the fullness that is our God. Embrace the dawning of each new day savoring the joy that comes from knowing our God is with us through sunshine and rain. Know that as He brings both for our good and His glory. Welcome them knowing we need both to grow in faith and trust and hope. Remember everything He created is good and He is mindful of His creation and that includes us! He gives us what we need for each new day, and that reminds us that we are thought of and loved. Our God gives us each new dawning reminding us that His thoughts of us are good and we are loved. Now that is a reason to hope!
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