Palmer Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Some of us are sunrise people and others are sunset people. I'm not talking about whether one is more beautiful than the other. They are both equally stunning and nondescript. They both happen over mountains and oceans, over plains and deserts.
Sunsets and sunrises signify two different views of life.
Sunrises compel us to look forward. Sunsets compel us to look backwards. Sunrises stir anticipation about the future, sunsets inspire us to look back on what has been.
There are those of us reading this blog who would describe our lives in terms of sunrises not sunsets and those who would describe them in terms of sunsets not sunrises. Our description of lived lived in either one or the other is not about age, but about what we're experiencing.
One is not better than the other; just a statement of reality. What's important is that our loving God is with us at sunrise, sunset and the time in between.
"From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!" Psalm 113:3 English Standard Version
Whether we find ourselves at sunrise, sunset, or somewhere in between, God's name is lifted up by his forgiven and restored people.
Question for the Day: Would you describe your life as lived in the sunrise, the sunset or in the tension between the two? Wherever you find yourself, don't forget to lift up the name of Jesus.
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-14Douglas P. Brauner. ARR
Sunsets and sunrises signify two different views of life.
Sunrises compel us to look forward. Sunsets compel us to look backwards. Sunrises stir anticipation about the future, sunsets inspire us to look back on what has been.
There are those of us reading this blog who would describe our lives in terms of sunrises not sunsets and those who would describe them in terms of sunsets not sunrises. Our description of lived lived in either one or the other is not about age, but about what we're experiencing.
One is not better than the other; just a statement of reality. What's important is that our loving God is with us at sunrise, sunset and the time in between.
"From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!" Psalm 113:3 English Standard Version
Whether we find ourselves at sunrise, sunset, or somewhere in between, God's name is lifted up by his forgiven and restored people.
Question for the Day: Would you describe your life as lived in the sunrise, the sunset or in the tension between the two? Wherever you find yourself, don't forget to lift up the name of Jesus.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
(Click on picture to enlarge.)
Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-14
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