It sounded like a prank call, but I promise we were serious. Seriously set on seeing the sunrise in a city where we'd spend spring break. This was before the days of smartphones to check the weather app. So we did what made most sense to our college student brains—call local numbers in the phone book to ask when the sun rises.
I think of it now as radiant pink entrances us en route to school. These sunrise spottings almost make me like Daylight Savings. Almost.
Since I started running, I catch every sunrise I can. I time my runs down to the minute so I can capture the colors from the church at the crest of the hill. But on school days, I usually miss the sun breaking through the night . . . except when Daylight Savings aligns the time.
A sunrise feels like a God-hug in the middle of the rush to get to school. A splash of His endless creativity. The visible evidence that He is always watching over us.
Or, as Jennifer Dukes Lee writes in her book How to Love Your Morning, that He is watching with us. In her captivating story-telling style, she paints a picture of a God pointing our eyes to the sunrise He created for us. I don't want to spoil it for you, so you just might need to read the book yourself! (This story is in chapter two.)
Links mentioned:
How to Love Your Morning by Jennifer Dukes Lee
FREE, 5-Day Email Course: Turn Your Loneliness into Ripple-Effect Faith in 5 Days
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