SUNSETS HAVE A WAY OF REMINDING ME OF GOD’S GREAT PROMISES. I LOVE GOING DOWN THE CAPE TO SEE THE SUNSET AT THE LIGHTHOUSE. THAT IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE THINGS I TAKE PEOPLE TO WHEN THEY COME TO THE CAPE. I LOVE SEEING THE COLORS AND HOW THE SKY TRANSFORMS WITH THE COLORS. I FIND THAT IT RELAXES ME AFTER A STRESSFUL DAY. I SOMETIMES GO SIT ON MY BACK STEPS TO WATCH THE SUN GO DOWN BEHIND THE HOUSES. I KNOW THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT IF THE SUN IS SHINING THAT THERE WILL BE A SUNSET. JUST LIKE I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A SUNSET I KNOW THAT GOD WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME, HE WILL PROTECT ME, AND HE FILL MY DAY WITH THINGS I NEVER WOULD IMAGINE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS EXCITED TO SEE WHILE ON BOARD THE BOAT WAS SEEING THE SUNSET FROM THE BOAT. I TOLD A FEW PEOPLE THAT I COULD NOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. BECAUSE IT IS RAINY SEASON THE SKY DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE A CLEAR SUNSET. I HAVE BEEN UP ON DECK EIGHT A FEW TIMES TRYING TO SEE A SUNSET BUT HAVE REALLY ONLY SEEN ONE.
FRIDAY NIGHT, A GROUP OF US WENT OUT TO DINNER AT A LEBANESE RESTAURANT (YES, I KNOW I AM IN AFRICA)( THAT WILL BE A DIFFERENT BLOG) AS WE WERE LEAVING THE SHIP TO GO OUT WE SAW THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. I WISH THAT I WAS UP ON DECK 8 TO HAVE SEEN IT WITHOUT ALL THE CRANES IN THE WAY.
C’EST MAGNIFIQUE! THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS SUNSET. THE COLORS ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL. I DON’T THINK I COULD ASK FOR A BETTER ONE BUT I WILL JUST SO I CAN BE UP ON DECK 8 TO SEE IT.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT SUNSETS TWO PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE COME TO MIND.
THE FIRST IS PSALM 84:1-2
HOW LOVELY IS YOUR DWELLING PLACE, O LORD OF HOST! MY SOUL LONGS, YES FAINTS FOR THE COURTS OF THE LORD; MY HEART AND FLESH SING FOR JOY TO THE LIVING GOD.
THE SECOND IS PSALM 19:1-2
THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF THE GOD, THE SKY ABOVE PROCLAINS HIS HANDIWORK. DAY TO DAY POURS OUT SPEECH, AND NIGHT TO NIGHT REVEALS KNOWLEDGE.
I CAN NOT WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN AND SEE GOD PAINITING THESE MASTERPIECES.
IF YOU KNOW MY MOM, YOU KNOW THAT SHE LOVES TO WATCH THE SUNRISE PROBABLY AS MUCH AS I LOVE TO SEE A SUNSET. THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IN AFRICA. I HAVE MADE ONE ATTEMPT TO SEE THE SUNRISE, BUT I WAS A LITTLE LATE IT WAS ALREADY HIGH IN THE SKY BUT I DID GET A FEW PHOTOS. MOM, I WILL TRY AGAIN BUT 5:45 IS A LITTLE EARLY FOR ME TO WAKE UP. I WILL TRY THOUGH.
HERE ARE THE PHOTOS I DO HAVE:
I LOVE THE FACT THAT EVER SUNRISE AND SUNSET HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE DESIGN AND COLOR. IT ALSO REMINDS ME THAT GOD’S MERCIES ARE NEW EACH MORNING.
TRUSTING,
HEATHER
Heather
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young my family would ride down Child River in the row boat to see the sunset. My mom use to tell us that the sun just put on its pajamas. then we would sing Beyond the sunset. Yes Sunrises and sunsets are special gifts from God.