SUNLIGHT

 

SUNLIGHT

The day's first light streams

when the new day's sunbeams

brighten the sky

then morning is nigh.

There's a brightness over the hill

where sunlight awakens and spills

its light and warmth

over the earth.

Morning with all its rush

comes in with a hush

before the birds announce it's a new day:

come on everyone - get up, let's play.

Quietly rising,

though song birds vying

for the first glimpse of light rays

to announce a brand new day.

Then you'll hear the day announced

from birds who you'll hear loudly mouth

through chirps and trills

and cheeps which thrill...

that morning has come -

everyone, come on,

get up, let's have fun

under the sun.

Perhaps you'll get up tomorrow

to view the sunrise that burrows

up over the hill

where morning spills.

It's a glorious sight to see

for it's God's awesome might you'll see

since the beginning of creation

when God spoke the sun into creation.

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The Bible says Jesus is our light:

“I have come into the world as a light.” (John 12:46)

With Jesus for us our future is bright

as He desires to bring us delight.

Yes, there will be times when finances are tight.

There will be temptations you'll need to fight.

Life on earth was never promised to be always alright.

From time-to-time there will be many a long, dark night.

But, remember, you are not alone in this fight.

Jesus has an answer to whatever is not right.

He is teaching us to live by faith, not sight,

as we learn to abide in Him, so sit tight.

Jesus is our light.

Everything will turn out right.

Your future is bright.

Look for God's delights.

At the beginning of the day it's His sunlight

reminding us that Jesus is our light.

At the end of the day it's the starlight

reminding us Jesus will keep us through the night.

All through the day look for God's many delights,

even during the times you pray with all your might

to overcome the temptations you fight

for those are the times that bring God delight.

It's when we seek God whatever the plight,

when we give Him whatever we fight,

when we go the source which is our Light,

that our troubles change and turn out alright.

And God said,

...and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven

to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day,

and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven

to give light upon the earth.

And to rule over the day and over the night,

and to divide the light from darkness:

and God saw that it was good.

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

Genesis 1:14-19

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

I have come into the world as a light,

so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

John 12:46

If I rise on the wings of the dawn...

even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

Psalm 139:9

(The wings of dawn = the rays of the sun: poetic!)

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