Like the Morning Sun

 

The path of the righteous is like the morning sun,

shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

Proverbs 4:18

Got out nice and early this morning, after a good night's sleep.  Love it when the day starts that way, all quiet and incremental.

The sun knows what it's doing and where it's going, with intentionality and brilliance, but it is in no hurry.   And along the way, some later lilacs are just arriving to the spring party, and a very small rabbit says hello...

while the moon makes a quiet, understated exit way on the other side of the sky.  Slowly.

Nobody's rushing yet, not this early.  And it reminds me.  Oh yeah.

He who began a good work in you

will carry it on to completion 

until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:6

I don't need to rush either.

This process of being formed into the likeness of Christ takes its own time.

Like the morning sun heading towards noon.

Just a little at a time.

In the mornings I remember this.  

And then after my walk, I will head back to my desk and, yes, press into the work before me.  I will interact in simple ordinary ways with my husband, and family, and friends, and colleagues with varying degrees of intensity and engagement, as required.  I will check things off a list, and give space for reflection, and make a meal at the end of the day.  I will water the plants and refill the bird feeders and refresh the birdbath.  All in good time.  And it will all be a part of it.  

And maybe today I will be just a little more patient, or a little less inclined to worry, or a little more grateful, or a little less determined to get my own way.  Perhaps I will see growth in my ability to trust in the midst of unknowing.  Maybe a new insight from Scripture will make its way deeper into my soul, with intentionality and brilliance.  Maybe I will love a little better.

All in good time.  

And we all, who with unveiled faces 

contemplate the Lord's glory, 

are being transformed into his image 

with ever-increasing glory, 

which comes from the Lord, 

who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:18