Top of the morning from Pilgrim Presbyterian Church, located in the heart of Vinita, Oklahoma.
In one of Charles Schultz's cartoon strips, "Peanuts", Charlie
Brown comes downstairs and into the kitchen in his pajamas. Sleepily
rubbing his eyes, he says to his mother, "I think maybe I've discovered
my trouble in getting out of bed - I think I am allergic to morning."
This is the way a lot of us face a new day. We are allergic to
dawn! Morning means one thing to a single mother who gets a child ready
for nursery school before driving off to a stressful job. To another
person, morning means struggling into bed after working the graveyard
shift in a food processing plant. For some, morning means the toothache
that throbbed at 1:00 a.m., is nothing more than a slight annoyance at
8:00 a.m.
In stories and myths, dawn is viewed as significant in that light
has its own way of overcoming darkness and fear. Dawn re-awakens life!
However you experience the morning, the Bible tells us that we can
experience "the mercies of God which are new every morning."
How do you experience the morning? Be intentional about the wonder
of life. Be intentional about the way you speak and act. God through
your new day as a tourist, seeing everything as for the first time, and
you will discover that mercies surround you- mercies are within you.
These mercies will offer you new opportunities. You will be more joyful
and cheerful!
Yes, 'top of the morning' to you with all good wishes,
Richard
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