Sunrise

This morning I woke up to a beautiful sunrise.

The picture from my window just doesn't do it justice.  As I was enjoying the view, I was reminded of how it used to be a norm for me to be seeing the sunrise as I head out to work or arriving at work (since I used to get to work at around 7:10am, having been out of the house since 6:15am or so).  During those five years, there has been times when I would enjoy the various shades of a beautiful sunrise and also times when I just wished I was still in bed.  And now, to think that I'm getting up at around 7am -- what a change!  Although I don't have the built-in consistency of seeing the sun rise every morning and miss various aspects of my "former life," how gracious of the Lord to give me this season where I can sleep for longer stretches of time, not having to think about work for the most part when I'm not at work, being able to take part in so many other things and not be constantly exhausted from August to June.

Mark challenged us in his sermon this past Sunday to trust in the Lord without having to know all the specifics in our lives and to trust in the Lord with our uncertainties.  I definitely have a hard time in that -- I want to know everything and I want to be the one in control.  May 2011 be a year where I learn to trust the Lord for His plans and provisions every day He gives me on this side of heaven!