sunrise
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Summer and winter and springtime and harvest
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love
Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
Thomas Chisholm (1866–1960)
A sandpiper races to find a meal between the waves at sunrise on Miramar Beach, Florida.
The windows of this little house on the beach in Fort Lauderdale always offer some glimpse of life beyond the window. Sometimes it is the aqua waves of the Atlantic Ocean, sometimes people basking on the beach, or the golden glow of sunset. On overcast mornings it is simply drab and dull. But when I passed this little house a couple of weeks ago, the morning sunshine greeted me.
The view sent me on my way singing an old song by Eliza Hewitt. Eliza had a severe back injury that caused her to spend six long months at home in a cast. On her first walk in a nearby park, the sunshine inspired her to write . . .
“There is sunshine in my soul today,
More glorious and bright
Than glows in any earthly sky,
For Jesus is my light.
O there’s sunshine, blessèd sunshine,
When the peaceful, happy moments roll;
When Jesus shows His smiling face,
There is sunshine in the soul.”
Highway A1A
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Silhouettes of three stately palm trees welcome the morning sun.
Behind the Daytona Hilton Hotel on Atlantic Avenue
Daytona Beach, Florida
I always marvel when the sun’s rays break through the clouds, and stream down toward the earth. It was no different when I saw this sunrise over Melbourne, FL.
“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;”
– Gerard Manley Hopkins
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