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One of the best things about Wintertime is that you can
sleep in and still be up in time to watch the sunrise. That
is just what I did this morning. I stood outside in the
cold, quiet, and peaceful air and watched the beauty of
God’s creation appear over the mountaintops. It was such a
glorious sight. I stood there and saw the red clouds change
to pink then purple and then yellow. I looked down on
the snowy ground and watched it sparkle with joy in the
morning sun. I breathed in deep and smiled. I could feel the
love of God all around me and even though it was way below
freezing I still felt warm inside. The writer Robert
Fulghum once quoted a great piece of advice given to a
friend of his. It was to, "Spend one hour some Sunday
watching the sunrise while walking in a cemetery." Since I
have a cemetery next to my backyard I decided to follow this
advice myself today. Watching the sunshine glistening off
the gravestones quickly put everything in perspective for
me. I realized that like my quiet neighbors, one day my body
was going to be in the ground somewhere and that this
beautiful world was going to keep going right on without me.
I saw too that if I was going to live, then I needed to live
now, and that if I was going to love, then I needed to love
today.
God only gives us so many days here on Earth. It is up to
us to make them count. Don’t wait until you are six feet
underground to watch the sun come up. Get out there and
watch the sunrise today. Don’t wait until you are on your
deathbed to tell people how much you love them. Tell them
today. Don’t wait until you can no longer lift your arms to
hug someone. Hug them today. Don’t wait in a box until
six people carry you out in a box. Break out of your box
today. Don’t keep waiting for the world to change until you
are no longer a part of it. Change your world today. Choose
love, share joy, and help God to make this world a better
place today and forever.
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