Catching the Sunrise

Yep, it happened!

Once I stopped going to Miracles Fitness three times a week for my group training at 8:30 (pandemic induced), I also stopped setting the alarm for 6 and starting my day.

It sounded good to set the alarm for 7 after that and join Megan the Trainer for a Zoom workout at 8, but soon that wasn't working for me as well.

I just couldn't make myself get up and workout in the living room.  It just didn't seem right.

So I became a slug.  I slept to whenever I wanted to wake up.

Unless one of us had an appointment.

Or I wanted to be awake for the church service on YouTube (and drat...that time changed too once the church re-opened and broadcast during the first service at 8:30 instead of just one service at 10).

Or one of the kid groups would be here.

This morning we were awake at 5:30. I jumped in the shower, dried my hair, dressed, and we were out of here before 6:30.  Actually the clock on the car said 6:22 as we were driving down 1000E.  Why?  Because it was Cooper's first day of school for the 2020-2021 school year!

The first thing I noticed, even before I walked out of the house, was the brilliant sunrise.

I have always been a sunrise/sunset type of gal.  We would see both from our windows at the other house, although sometimes the sunsets were a little blocked by the trees in the pasture.  But usually I could see the brilliance.  It was always a reminder that God was in control, that in the midst of whatever else was going on, He took the time to create a vision of beauty in the skies for whoever wanted to see it.

The sunrise this morning was blocked by the Party Barn, the barn, the cherry trees, and pear trees.  I couldn't see much of it from the dining room windows. But as we drove along 1000E, the expanse of the red sky was more noticeable.  

Finally at the end of Buck Creek Road (500N) the cornfields gave way to the brilliance of the red morning sky and I was able to snap a couple of pictures with my phone.

 

Of course I posted one of them on FB because that is what I do, but also because I wanted to share the beauty with those who appreciate sunrises as much as I do and with those who might be sleeping later, like I usually do.

How beautiful were the colors!  How quickly they changed too!  I have noticed that before.  When I was going to MF in the early mornings, I would notice the beauty of a sunrise from the windows, then by the time I tracked down  my phone and was able to snap a picture, the colors had changed.

As I look out the windows onto the yard now, I am amazed that the sunrise actually happened---and that I was able to witness it.  Because now the day seems really gray.  It is cloudy and overcast.  Everything looks damp.  The air seems heavy and I wouldn't be surprised if there were rain eventually.

So I am glad I was awake early.  I caught the sunrise.  I was reminded again of the beauty of God's creation.  That in this time of pandemic, where there is so much negativity, with rioting and looting in the big cities, that I can awaken on a Tuesday morning and be greeted with a beautiful sunrise.

God is good.

All the time.