I have seen it in Texas, Florida, Montana, Germany, Hawaii, and Alaska. A first gleam gives way to a thin glowing orange line which succumbs to the radiant rim of an orb. Same thing, every day. The sunrise. It is a reminder that God has given us another day to live. To see it is to remember that we are here for a reason.
David might easily have been discouraged. He spent a lot of nights in caves running and hiding from a maniac king named Saul. Later David would experience consequences for his sin. But in those early days, he suffered in righteousness. Saul was wrong. David was right. What could he do? His words ring true.
But we wonder: "Commit your way to the Lord and trust in him? Be still before him and wait patiently for him?" Why? "What's the good?" he may have wondered. David fastened a vice grip on this hope. "God will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun." As we stand in the shadows, we, too, may wonder whether the sun will ever rise on our lives again. And then morning breaks, and our hearts sing, "When morning gilds the skies, my heart awakening cries, 'May Jesus Christ be praised.'"
