O what a beautiful morning!

And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, Like the tender grass springing out of the earth, By clear shining after rain.' Samuel 23v4

Rodgers and Hammerstein gave us a song which could almost be taken from this passage in their musical ‘Oklahoma’ when they wrote:

Oh what a beautiful morning, Oh what a beautiful day. I’ve got a wonderful feeling Everything’s coming my way.

We have all had says like that. You wake up, the birds are singing, the sun is shining, there is a freshness to the air, and you feel like you can take on the world. It makes me think of some of the spring days when here in Ireland when the morning makes you glad to be alive.

David reminds us here that we have a future that will be like that. The day will come when it will once again be like Eden where, as a friend posted on Facebook this morning – ‘there was no rain- up until the days of Noah as we know- they recon Paradise had perfect Spring-like weather all year round, not too hot, not too cold-- if moisture was needed ,a kind of mist came up and filled the earth..perfect.’

Man’s sin ruined that, but we will have it again. God’s presence will be like a beautiful sunny morning with no clouds, like when then sun comes out after the rain. While we may have an occasional day like that now spiritually the day is coming when that will be our life.

In the meantime we need to remember with David that God is still here. He will sustain us until that day breaks. Let’s take comfort on those beautiful mornings that one day that will be our life!