as a simple child, i used to think the darkness of night brought out the Devil. sunrise became my favorite part of day because, to me as a child, that sun was God coming over the horizon to chase the night and the Devil away from my life. as a simple man now, sunrise has become my favorite time to pray to God. the sun is no longer just a symbol of Him in my life, it is His sign to me that He has given me another day to follow Him. i can accept this in two ways, one being that i havent done enough yet for Him to take me into His kingdom of Heaven, or that i havent yet done for those i love here what He would still have me do. or, i can take it this way: i still have sins in my life here that ive somehow not repented and asked Him for His forgiveness for, and therefore, He cannot invite me into His kingdom, and He is providing with another day to recognize these faults and sins and repent for them. most likely, it is a combination of both perspectives. and, since i do not yet have the wisdom to see what it is He needs from me, i can only try to do His will, and pray to Him for His guidance. so, sunrise is STILL my favorite time of day to talk to my God! as a simple child grown into a simple man, and as a man, always imperfect, i can only try my absolute best to walk His path. to always walk towards Him, and closer to Him. Gods path is lined with ditches, on either side, and the Devil awaits me in those ditches. imperfect, i will slip into one or both of those ditches today as i try to walk towards God and eventually to walk with God, but, if i only remain cognizant enough to look up to my Lord when i do slip into one of the Devils ditches, God will reach down to me, grab me, and pull me back up onto His path. He always does. i dont get to continue down His path towards Him just yet, though, because there is one more thing i must do before He will allow me to progress. that one thing is the one we most often forget or neglect to do. i need to first thank Him again for my salvation, once again, from the temptations of the Devil when i slipped into the Devils ditch alongside Gods path. but, i also need to remember that His son gave His life and His blood to cleanse me of my sins and transgressions, so i also need to remember to thank Him for THAT ultimate sacrifice that His own son made for me, just a simple, imperfect man. and, finally, i MUST beg His forgiveness for the wrong-doing on my part that allowed me to slip into the Devils ditch. once, ive made that prayer to my God, sincerly, He allows me to stand on my own again and take yet another step towards Him. so, having spelled out what ive found to be differences from my simple child perspective to my simple man perspective, and, because it is still my favorite time of day to pray to my Savior, i can offer Him a very simple prayer today, and it will please Him: Thank you, Lord God, for being my direction! Amen.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:45:21 +0000
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