What a Beautiful Morning!

 

Oh what a beautiful morning,Oh what a beautiful day,
I've got a wonderful feeling,Everything's going my way. 

 

Do you remember that Rodgers & Hammerstein song from the musical Oklahoma?  I could certainly be singing that song today.  This is the view from my front porch this morning:

 

 



 

 

As Mr. Rogers used to sing.....it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.  The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the air is crisp.  There's definitely a hint of fall in the air this morning.  This is one of those beautiful mornings when it is easy to "rejoice, give thanks, and sing", as the hymn writer put it.  In spite of aches and pains, in spite of the threat of war, in spite of all the circumstances of life.....on days like this we find it easy to praise, don't we?

 

But sadly, it seems the opposite is also true.  On those gloomy, cloudy, dreary, rainy, stormy days, we somehow find it easier to complain than to praise.  Easier to whine than to rejoice.  Easier to grumble than to give thanks.

 

Why is that?  I'm not sure.  But it's sad, really.  Because the God we praise, the God we worship and adore, is the same God in the sunshine and in the shadow.  He doesn't change.

 

And He is worthy of our praise every day.  On these beautiful sunny days.  And on the cloudy and dreary days as well.  He's the same every day....."yesterday, today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8 ESV)

 

Something to think about.  And to praise Him for today!

 



"For I the Lord do not change."  (Malachi 3:6 ESV)