Sunrise by Miles Smith |
The next day Mike Roberts and I went to the same spot at the same time hoping to see something just as spectacular.
As you can see, the conditions were not the same for Mike and I. I could gripe and complain that we deserved to have conditions just as beautiful as the others. All that griping would do is make me unhappy.
I may not have been blessed with God Beams but I have realized I was blessed to be able to open my eyes and see the new day. That I was able to be there that weekend, have good eyesight, have a car to drive myself to the parkway, and a nice camera to take photos were blessings that I didn't even think about. To date, I have been blessed with 21,016 sunrises that started 21,016 days, every one a gift.
We are not promised blessings such as sunrises, We're not even promised tomorrow. Nothing we have done or can do can earn the gift of seeing another sunrise or living another day. Through Jesus we have been given the gift of eternal life. None of us deserve that gift. Jesus sacrificed to give us the gift of life.
Jim Bales Place |
As old as that cabin is, it's only been there a small fraction of the time since Jesus died for me. There have been over 724,000 sunrises since Jesus sacrifice for us.
I'm thankful for each day that I can wake up, open my eyes and see. I don't know how many more I'll have, but I'm going to enjoy every one, even the cloudy ones.
Thanks to Miles Smith for letting me use one of his beautiful photos. I'm blessed to have such great Christian friends.
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