I Should See Clearly Now!

 I’ve blotted out your sins; they are gone like morning mist at noon! 

Return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.

Isaiah 44:22

 

For some reason, I can't remember why, I was up before the sun.  I got my coffee and sat outside and listened to the predawn sounds of the animals beginning to awaken and begin their day. It's truly amazing the sounds of the world that are just out of sight.

 

As the sun crept into dawn, the world seemed to be shrouded in a mist, which kept the scene before my eyes hidden.  The sounds were still there, but I still couldn't see what was making the sounds because all the activity was taking place under the cover of the morning mist.

 

As the sun rose higher, and the mist began to burn away, I saw the squirrels seeking the acorns they had buried.  I saw the birds seeking the bugs and other favorite delicacies.  I saw a rabbit who had found its way into the garden, munching happily on some vegetable I had no intention of eating anyway.  And right at the tree line, I saw a doe with her fawn watching me as they munched whatever it was they had found.

 

There was a whole world taking place, yet I was blinded by the mist. 

 

This is true of our own lives.  There's a whole world of incredible life taking place, yet we are blinded by our own selfishness, greed, politics, prejudices, lies, and various other sins.  Yet God reminds us that HE has wiped away our sins like the morning mist at noon.  HE gives us another chance each day.  HE has paid the price and has bought our freedom from slavery to sin....and He asks us to return to Him.

 

I fail at this regularly.  I fail because I take for granted that I will still be here tomorrow.  I fail because I fall right back into the routine that is comfortable.  The time has come to stop taking life for granted and to step out of my comfort zone and to live the life God has for me beyond the mist.