Thought #15

Be to me a rock of refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
- Psalm 71: 3

The sun makes shadows in the kitchen. The air is still crisp with the morning frost. The coffee just finished brewing and all the remnants of breakfast clutter the sink. Then the day, there is so much of the day ahead. And the future waits even if it is only five minutes away.

This morning is one of those mornings where everything looks good and beautiful and perfect, but then you wake up knowing almost quite the opposite. It's like the day is merely a painted egg, but you know there is nothing left under the shell. It looks all good, but your insides aren't the one putting up the facade.

Each sip of coffee is a bland black void. The sunlight doesn't even make you smile. Because when you stop to think about it, you've been thinking the whole entire time: overwhelmed. stressed. Life is only casual and todays is just another day.

It shouldn't be that way. You shouldn't have to wake up and miss what God gave you:

Beauty - the way the light steals into the house. Shadows immitating all a thief took. Reflections on the ceilings and tiles. Morning sun.

Comfort - the birds singing their early hour songs. A testimony of God's provision for all of creation. Melodious.

Life.

So it's another day and so much is out their to capture your eye. Let God capture your eye today. Let Him bring you all the comfort in the world. And let Him show you all the beauty of what it is to not let burdens weigh you down. For the Lord is a rock of refuge to which you may continually come. And He already gave the command to save you.

Live. Life. Beautiful.