I love mornings. My favorite part of the day is when the sun pours into my window and with its playfulness wakes me up. The warmth of the sunlight gently makes me peek out from underneath the covers and the birds lure me out of bead with their songs...The best mornings are on the weekend. I enjoy a slow morning. I can linger in bead for a bit, allowing my senses to gradually wake up. I can allow myself to enjoy my morning to the fullest…I find it satisfyingly cozy to savor the circulation of yesterday perfume and the sweetness of dawn in my room. I love the morning smells. Mornings smell fresh and inviting as a new day should be. Every morning is a new beginning; a new day to spend with the Lord…
There is usually a breeze that brings into my room all the delightful smells and sounds of the outdoors that entice me to go out and join them. I revel a morning spent outside in the presence of my Lord and King; to meditate on His goodness and his creative vastness as I observe his handy work. The psalmist sang, “My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him…" (Psalm 62:5). As I sit on the back patio of my current home, soaking in the beauty designed by the greatest Artist on earth, breathing in the bouquet of smells forged by the greatest Chemist on earth, and enjoying the multitude of sounds composed by the greatest Composer on earth...I wait...I wait in delight and awe before the One who made this morning perfect...perfect in him.
"One thing I have desired of
the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple...
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple...
Therefore I will offer sacrifices
of joy in His tabernacle;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD."
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD."
- Psalm 27:4, 6b
I love singing praises to the Lord! Yet, at this point I find that my songs are silent...This morning my song consists of silent reverence and adoration...There comes a point when you realize that words in regards to the Lord are all an understatement...There comes a point when you realize that your words are limiting your worship...The fact that the Lord even receives our songs of worship baffles me! Let me put it this way. The Lord does not only receive worship in all shapes and forms, including the form of verse, but he receives it even though our limited language does not give justice to his infinity and holiness. Whatever form of worship we choose, it will not bring pleasure to the Lord unless it comes from a worshiping heart. I do believe, that words are not as much a way of worship, as much as they are a way of bringing us into a place of worship.
I find, that often I need to worship the Lord in word to refocus my mind and heart upon him. There are so many sounds and voices in my head that often hinder me from entering the presence of my Lord in silence. That is when I need to worship the Lord in word, that my heart may be brought into a place of silent awe before the Majesty...This does not mean that I am not to worship the Lord in word. After all, we serve a creative God and, as we are created in his image, we have the privilege of worshiping him creatively.
I love the silent form of worship. Indeed, it is a time to stop meditating on what we know about God in word and let him draw near, revealing his glory to us in our silence...In his glorious presence we will be brought to speechless tiers of joy, fear, and surrender...Oh, those are the moments of pure bliss and they are glimpses of the fellowship we will have with our Father throughout eternity! Those are the moments that make me excited more than ever about eternity…
I love mornings...Mornings are time for silence...a time to be refreshed and refocused...a time to surrender a new and begin a new day in the presence of my Father and Lord...
