It's amazing how a sight that appears everyday becomes more breathtaking when one stops to actually observe it. There, the sun was leaving it's mark on the world--on the sky. The heavens were transformed into a marvelous, silky gold blanket. The trees were suddenly changed from a dull, whitish brown to a deep, chesnut oak. In one moment, the bleakness of winter was overcome.
Yet, the sun set.
Already, I see as it fades behind the curtain of clouds. It paints the curtains purple and pink, allowing the sky to return to its normal shade of blue. The branches of the trees droop, as if saddened by the departure. The grass no longer reflects the beauty of the gold, but returns to brownish straw. I, too, frown. I realize, another day has come and gone. Then, I know the sun will rise tomorrow. I find myself thinking. What have I accomplished? What could I do that compares to such a sight?
My mind turns to my Beloved, the One who placed the golden orb in the sky. What have I done for Him to give me such a gift?
Every day he leaves me the beauty of that moment. Every day, He leaves me signs of His never ending love. Why do I only recognize it today?
I smiled, thinking of how my heart nearly skipped a beat seeing the beauty of the light hitting the pages of my book. My mouth, previously speaking the words on the page, suddenly stop as a gasp escaped my lips.
I feel small, but not insignificant. The world is so big. My God is so much bigger than even the creation He has me see. And, yet he hears me.
And, even as the sun sets, even as its warmth leaves the earth for a short time, even as the light fades, I feel a greater Light still. He is truly the Light of the world.
It's amazing: it took but one sunset to make me realize the majesty of my Creator. It took but one sunset to make me fall deeper in love with Him. And, though the sun sets, there is always morning. And like the rising of the sun, surely, He will come....
" 1 LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[c]" --Psalm 8: 1-4
in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[c]" --Psalm 8: 1-4
