Morning Musing

I know Genesis tells us that the Lord God regularly took walks in the garden "at the time of the evening breeze,"  (Genesis 3:8) but I have always thought that God must be partial to the mornings.  Mornings and God seem to go together.  Mornings speak of new beginnings and God takes delight in offering new beginnings to folks like us who have messed up and need a moment to start over.  He does not give "do-overs, instead, He gives us a fresh slate to go out and meet what is new.  We do not have to go meet what is new as we drag the past along with us as we would with a "do-over."  With God everything is new.  

The Scripture tells us of one person after another who is invited to step into a new beginning.  Adam and Eve had a go at it as they left the Garden. Abraham had more than his share of new beginnings.  Moses was a murderer and was given a new opportunity to do it God's way instead of his.  Jonah certainly was given a fresh start as was Simon Peter and Saul of Tarsus.  Of course, there are others.  The one we know the most about in terms of being forgiven and given a new beginning looks at us in the mirror every morning.   

How thankful we are that it is in the heart of God to give beginnings to us that are as fresh and new as the morning that comes with each sunrise.  One of my favorite verses of Scripture is I John 1:9.  "If we confess our sins, He who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."  It sounds kinda like a definition of morning.  If making such a connection is too far a stretch, we can all agree it sounds like a new beginning, a fresh start, something we all need.