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Monday... There is so much, so much to celebrate!


Psalm 112:4 (MSG), "Sunrise breaks through the darkness for good people - God's grace and mercy and justice!"

Monday... There is so much, so much to celebrate!

I found this verse this morning in my reading that is such an encouragement even when there seems to be darkness all around and I read it before the sun had come up. Psalm 112:4 (MSG) says, "Sunrise breaks through the darkness for good people - God's grace and mercy and justice!"


Yes, I know that many facing this week need to be encouraged. This time can be very difficult. There is definitely darkness for some but I love how the Psalmist says this word of encouragement. He writes, "Sunrise breaks through the darkness for good people." The NLT says, "Light shines in the darkness for the godly." The AMP says, "Light arises in the darkness for the upright." And the NIRV says, "Even in darkness light shines on honest people."

It continues, "It shines on those who are kind and tender and godly." The NLT, "They are generous, compassionate, and righteous." It doesn't shine on everyone. This can be such a difficult time for so many but there is a choice here.

I love the sunrise. I love getting up in the morning and going out on my front patio and seeing the sun rising. Yes there was darkness. We need the night, we need to sleep, we need to regenerate our body for a new day. Darkness has it's benefit but we also need the light.

Now the emotional darkness that some carry is so difficult. But it is important to see that for those who are good people, who are generous, compassionate, and righteous, those who accept and share "God's grace and mercy and justice!" the sunrise can break through their darkness. There is so much, so much to celebrate.

Now there were these shepherds out in the darkness watching over somebody's sheep and it was so dark. But for some reason, God sent thousands of angels out into the darkness to invite these shepherds to the sunrise that was breaking through the darkness. This was such great news to these shepherds. The angels were announcing to these common people that something great was happening in the town of Bethlehem and they were inviting them to come and see. They had a choice and they went and found the light of a new birth in their darkness. What if they would have said, "I don't want to go."? I'm going to stay here in my darkness. And that was definitely and is a choice.

Yes, we can stay in our darkness of discouragement, disappointment, dishonesty, and despair or live and enjoy the sunrise breaking through that darkness.

Yes, we can celebrate the gifts of this season, especially the gift of Jesus. There are so many choices during this season. Listen God wants to also give us grace and mercy and justice so we can give them to others.

Yes there is so much, so much to celebrate. Remember, "Sunrise breaks through the darkness for good people - God's grace and mercy and justice!" Let's accept the sunrise of Jesus and see the difference he makes in our darkness. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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