Morning

MORNING

Yesterday a rain shower watered the earth;

early this morning you can see new birth

for pretty flowers and green grass appear

after yesterday's shower disappeared.

Yesterday's falling rain worked its magic.

Listen, there's water babbling in the creek.

This morning the bright warm rays of the sun

chased away the gloom from the wet rain.

Together they work in harmony

to grow pretty flowers and greenery.

If you take a deep breath,

you'll smell earthworms in the earth.

Ones spirits lift

as the fog lifts

for creation in all its glory

seems to be somewhat in a hurry

to get another day underway

as the darkness quickly slips away.

Morning brings

many blessings.

Is that why birds sing

early in the morning?

Perhaps they don't want to forget a one.

Is their song one of thankfulness all day long?

Do they have a lesson

to teach to humans?

To look for blessings

instead of stressing

over what they have no charge of

but to trust in the Lord above.

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Whatever a given day may bring

God is there with you in everything.

You are not meant to carry your burden alone

for God will be there with you, by your side all along

to comfort, strengthen, guide

when you in Him abide.

You'll find that counting

your many blessings

really does help lift your burdens

which could hinder us often

for worry and fear are bred

bringing regret and dread.

If the honest-to-goodness, genuine truth be told

there are more blessings untold,

than worries which never unfold.

So pack up the worries you hold

then get rid of that heavy load.

Replace worries with blessings, which are better than gold.

My devotions this morning were from I Corinthians 13

where Paul talks about “faith to move mountains.”

That means believing faith to trust God to meet whatever our needs.

God is waiting to lift whatever burden when you in prayer plead.

If your mountain is physical, financial, or relational,

let God move your mountain for with God all things are possible.

He is like the light of morning at sunrise

on a cloudless morning,

like the brightness after rain

that brings the grass from the earth.

II Samuel 23:4

Let my teaching fall like rain

and my words descend like dew,

like showers on new grass,

like abundant rain on tender plants.

Deuteronomy 32:2

...like dew from the Lord,

like showers on the grass...

Micah 5:7b

You gave abundant showers, O God;

you refreshed your weary inheritance.

Psalm 68:9

He will be like rain falling on a mown field,

like showers watering the earth.

Psalm 72:6

He covers the sky with clouds;

he supplies the earth with rain

and makes grass grow on the hills.

Psalm 147:8

Blessings crown the head of the righteous.

Proverbs 10:6a

So do not fear, for I am with you;

do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you;

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

...faith that can move mountains...

I Corinthians 13:2

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