Tag: sunrise

• Finding the Son in the sun…

  “There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus” — Blaise Pascal When I was in my first year of college I received the “Benjamin Franklin ‘early to bed, early to rise’ ” award.…

  Sara

  July 28, 2013

  character, Christian life, life

  Acts 17:22-27, beach vacations, Benjamin Franklin, Blaise Pascal, early to bed early to rise, God-shaped vacuum, Jeremiah 29:13, Jesus, longform, Psalm 19:1, Romans 1:19-20, Son of God, sun, sunrise, wplongform

• Lessons from the beach…

  This morning I took my customary walk at sunrise, admiring God’s display of beauty. I walked, I watched, I thought, I sang, I prayed. I felt invigorated and alive. But as I turned my back on the ocean and started toward the exit road, as the sounds of the surf and wind quieted and my…

  Sara

  July 28, 2012

  character, Christian life, life

  James 1:22-25, presence of God, sunrise, vacation

• Morning by morning…

  Last week when I was searching for a family photo, I found this journal entry, written on some paper, tucked in among the pictures. As we were about to leave for St. Augustine (for a week, not a month), it caught my attention, and I thought I would share it here with you… June 18,…

  Sara

  July 27, 2012

  character, Christian life, life, memories

  God, God’s presence, Psalm 113:3, Psalm 19, sunrise

• By the dawn’s early light…

  Early in the morning I watched the ocean awaken. After a fitful night of mostly not sleeping, I gave up the fight about 5:30 a.m., had some coffee, and then decided to take advantage of this family beach vacation–and wake up my husband for a walk to watch the sunrise. “No, ma’am” (my euphemistic, Southern,…

  Sara

  July 23, 2012

  character, Christian life, life, memories

  beach, Psalm 19, Romans 1:19-20, sunrise, the heavens declare the glory of God