TAKE IT ALL IN

Hello winter! You know, the time of the year when it’s dark when you leave the house for work in the morning and dark when you get home too. Yesterday morning I drove an hour and a half southeast to a job site that I’ve been to many times. The area is very scenic and because I’m heading southeast in the morning, it also means I’m driving directly into the sunrise.

The first 30 minutes of the drive was busy as I weaved my way through traffic in the dark. Soon I was out of the city limits and ready for a casual drive for the next hour. While heading down the highway I noticed the horizon was starting to get light as sunrise was nearing. A heavy line of clouds was drifting east toward the horizon and it appeared as though it was going to block out the sun. Good news for me because I don’t care to spend the next hour driving directly into the low hanging winter sun. A short time later, the line of clouds was just about to the horizon and the sun was just starting to pierce the earth’s crest. I love sunrises, and this one was quickly turning into a beauty right before my eyes!

Realizing this was going to keep my attention for a while, I figured it would be safer to pull off the highway and enjoy it. As the sky turned a glowing powder blue, the clouds started to change from gray to orange. Soon the sky was a brilliant amber and the clouds were turning pink. The horizon skyline narrowed as the clouds drifted closer the edge. The clouds took on different shades of purple and were cascading down to a burning pink line at the horizon.

This would look a lot better at the Omni Theater

I whipped out my phone and began taking pictures. Looking at the sunrise, then at the pictures on my phone, then back up to the massive sky, I realized it was impossible to capture what my eyes were seeing so I decided to put the phone back in my pocket and just take it in. Ten minutes later it was all over, and I was back on the road. Sometimes, we need to put everything aside and just take in the moment.

Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.