Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I met with the Bright Morning Star first thing this morning to give my Praise, my Thanks, and to make my Requests known to the God Who already KNOWS my needs even before I ask. After that, I searched for a little Wisdom in my Instruction Manual – and when I do that, I NEVER come out empty-handed. There’s something about having the Heart in the Right Condition as the sun is lighting up a new day, that makes the sunrise a little more spectacular for me. Thanks to science, we know what time the sun will rise, but we NEVER know what it will look like when it does. Sometimes it appears to be bigger and brighter, and sometimes it seems dim. But the sun never changes – it just looks different from where we’re sitting. What a great Reminder straight from the Throne of the Living God that the way we look at Life depends on the Angle of the view.

Many people comment on how beautiful the sunrises are from this old farm, but that’s because of the Condition of the Heart of the one who took the picture. I don’t get a unique sunrise at the farm; I just have a unique perspective. The same sun that rose in Virginia this morning can be seen all around the world at different times, but it doesn’t necessarily look the same from every angle. The clouds could be obstructing the view of the sun somewhere else while it’s scorching the earth in another. No matter what it looks like from every angle on Earth, the sun never really changes, and it never will – just the same as it is with the One Who “scattered all the stars in the sky and knows them each by name.” These days, more and more people are talking about how they believe that the earth is actually flat after all, and they have all kinds of “evidence” to prove it. But that kind of stuff doesn’t matter much to me. The sun, moon, and stars are visible whether the earth is flat or round, and Heaven is somewhere beyond what I can see with my eyes. I’ll be headed Home from this earth One Day, and whether it’s flat or round, I’ll find my way to the Arms of Jesus…right where I belong.

The way we See Him depends largely on the angle of the view. Sometimes it’s cloudy and quiet, and although we long to “see” Him, we can’t, and sometimes the view is so bright that the beauty overwhelms us. He doesn’t change His Course, and He never goes away, even when the view is temporarily obstructed by the clouds. David said, “I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry,” a clear sign that the clouds had been obstructing the view. As long as we’re patient and persistent and we NEVER doubt that He’s still there, no matter what the view looks like from where we’re sitting…HE WILL show Himself again when the Heart is ready.

Every day is a Gift…a Journey…a piece of the puzzle in His Plans for the Life of each one of us. The key to Joy when the view is obstructed all comes down to the Angle of the view. Obstacles and Trials have a Purpose, but we need just the right View of the Sun to see that. The clouds are just a minor inconvenience when you Know what’s behind them. Sometimes the sun is scorching, and it’s not easy to endure the heat. But lots of weeds are done away with in the Heat from the Sun and when you’ve got the right view from just the Right angle, that’s easy to see too.

I enjoyed the sunrise this morning just like I always do, and no two sunrises are alike. I DO have the Perfect View…but I would have the Perfect View no matter where I watched the sunrise because of the Condition of my Heart. I’ve had cloudy days and days when the Heat of the Sun scorched the weeds in my Life to a point that I almost couldn’t bear it…and I’m thankful for every single time. I see the Bright Morning Star every day, no matter what the sky looks like…I know He’s always there…He’s my Rock…my Redeemer…He’s my All.

How about you?