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The Sun Comes Up

Sunday September 17, 2017

For some of us, coming into recovery has opened our eyes to the beauty of creation.  In our former dysfunctional lifestyle, we lived in the darkness of our souls wherever our addictive substances and habits took us.  We seldom, if ever, thought about the heavens because our minds were in bondage to the addiction that controlled us.  The spectacular beauty of the skies was something that never even entered our thinking.  Now we are coming into a new place where we can truly appreciate the simple beauties of life - like the sky as we look up.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.  They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.  Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.  In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.  It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.  It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth. (Psalm 19:1-6 NIV)

When we gave our will and life over to the care of God, light came into our darkness.  As we look up at the sky each morning we can see the magnificence of God's handiwork.  Nothing is said to it, but the sun faithfully comes up in the place where we reside and in every other place on earth to announce a new day.  The sun not only gives us light but also gives warmth.  It reveals the beauty that is all around us.  God wondrously made all things for His precious people.

 Simple beauty and the ability to enjoy it.  These are gifts from God in our recovered life today. 

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.  (Genesis 8:22 NIV)

Our lives truly change when we can appreciate and give thanks for the endurance and beauty of God’s creation.

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I praise You for You are awesome in all Your works.  Thank You that You truly are my glory and the lifter of my head.  Amen

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