A friend was telling me about last night's sunset.  Reminded me of this story:

God’s Paintbrush

Does God dip His paintbrush

while earth is silent and hushed

before the day is filled with stress

and again when day begins to hush?

Does God dip His paintbrush

then flings from east coast to west

every fair, sunny morning

and again every evening?

Does God dip His paintbrush

then with just a touch

changes the sky from day to night

than back again with delight?

Does God dip His paintbrush

in a pot of colored dust

for God created man from dust.

Is God’s paint made from colored dust?

Does God dip His paintbrush

or perhaps He doesn’t need such

for God creates from nothing

with just a word spoken?

Does God dip His paintbrush

in pinks and yellows or rusts

then paints the western or eastern sky

lovingly saying goodnight or hi?

Does God dip His paintbrush

causing many to gasp

over sunrises and sunsets

as a love gift to us? You bet!

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Does God dip His paintbrush

creating a reminder for us

that each day is gift wrapped

in sunrises and sunsets.

Yes, God does paint the eastern and western sky

with His majesty and power on high

to daily remind us

to always, always trust.

The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.

Psalm 50:1

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,

the name of the Lord is to be praised.

Psalm 113:3

The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.

Ecclesiastes 1:5

From the rising of the sun to the place of its setting

men may know there is none besides me.

I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:6

From the west, men will fear the name of the Lord,

and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.

Isaiah 59:19

My name will be great among the nations,

from the rising to the setting of the sun.

Malachi 1:11

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