The Sun

There are moments in my life when I feel most alive. A few that comes to mind for me. One is when I was young and living in Texas and I would go cliff jumping, it seemed so scary at first jumping into the water from such a high height but once I did it there was no turning back; as my body impacted the water the rush of life seemed to flow through me.

Another is when I was in Croatia, the camp that we would help out with was in a small town called Fuzine and the lake that was in the town was freezing. When I was there for the summer I would go run and exercise and then after I would jump into the icy water. The rush of needles would encompass my body every time.

This last one is not nearly as exciting or adrenaline producing but it happens more than any of the others. It is the moment the sun warms my skin on a cool day. This moment tends to warm me from the outside in, and it continually reminds me of my gracious heavenly fathers love.

The sun is something that we cannot live without and is something that we can never really think about not being a part of our daily lives. It is interesting though that at certain times it feels as though it brings more life than any other. There hasn’t been a day that the sun hasn’t risen but there have been days where I haven’t fully recognized its brilliance.

There are certain moments in our life that we find to be more entrancing than others. I know when I first moved to Arizona I found myself enjoying the sunsets more often than I did when I was in Texas. It wasn’t that it was a different sun but it was that the air is different in Arizona where it makes it appear different when it is setting.

I write this in more of a reflection to myself, but I do hope that it encourages you all to take time out of the day and reflect of God. We often times go throughout a day never giving thanks for some of the most essential things, like the sun. I know at times I rely on the feeling of jumping of a cliff into water to make me feel alive but our Lord is so much more than just that exhilarating feel that we get. He is more than that feeling we get in worship and He is more than a genie in a bottle waiting for our beckoning.

Our God is the God that brought the sun into existence and told the earth to rotate around it. He is the one that made sure that the earth wasn’t too far nor too close to the sun but placed it just right so that there would be life.