Sunrises and Sleeping In

"the view"

Lately, I have been sleeping in a lot. I don't think it's because I've been fatigued or anything. I think sleep is just a good escape sometimes (in part this is just me not manning up to the fact that I'm not responsible enough to wake up hah), and aside from that, dreams are awesome. I thank god for dreams. I like dreams.

At the same time though, I miss days when I would wake up early. Even with my roommate breathing heavily feet away, I'd feel a sense of peace and calm. In the fleeting moments before the sun rose, it would be dark outside and silence would fill the air. Everything had momentarily slowed to a stand still. No worries, no qualms, just the steady inhale/exhale coming from my asthmatic roommate, a peace with myself, a peace with God. But then almost instantaneously, magically the sky would erupt into a sea of colors, darkness fading into light: purple, red, orange, and all the shades and spectrums in between. And it's at moments like these when all you can do is be filled with wonder. You just think to yourself wow... how awesome is this god that created all the earth, that made you and me.

But why do these just have to be moments, ticks in time interspersed throughout our busy days? Why is it that when the sun finally rises, and the world sets off in motion again that we can so easily forget about God, and can so easily glance over the beauty of his creation. Being awestruck by God shouldn't be a momentary thing, it shouldn't be something that is dictated by "moods." If anything, the mood is right at all times to be taken aback by the awesomeness of God. So praise him and give thanks to him in the morning, when the sun is rising and all is still, praise him as you walk to class and pass by green grass, bending and lilting in the breeze, and obese squirrels oblivious to the world around them. Praise him in class as you are nodding off to sleep and drool is dripping down your chin onto your calculus notes. Praise him over dinner as you eat the same monotonous food you do every day. Praise him when you are happy, praise him when you are sad, praise him when everything seems to be going your way, praise him when you are mad at the world and just want to punch some walls. Praise him when he gives you the desires of your heart, praise him when he takes away.

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1

He is awesome, and all powerful. He is ever-present and everywhere. He is loving, he is faithful, he is merciful.

Next time you feel down in the dumps, take a moment to think things through. God created the heavens and the earth. Don't you think he's probably got things under control?