dailydatewithgod

The beautiful thing about the universal system of which we inhabit is that in addition to the literal nature experience of new beginnings it is inherent for all living things.  We think of dawn as the start of a new day. There is hope, there is the promise, there is unknown, there is a possibility, there is freshness, there is a new light, there is a new breath to live in the dawning.  It is part of a circular process that comes after the darkness.  One of my favorite sayings was written by Bill Wilson and is conveyed by many great minds over time, “It is darkest before the dawn.”  The very moment we are inclined to be swallowed up by the harshness or the hopelessness of life there is the dawning of a new day.  Just when we have lost all light, there is a new day’s light.  Dawning does not just happen to the day.  Dawning happens in and through us.  Every time we take a breath there is a dawning of new oxygen into our system. Each new possibility is a dawning. A new insight is a dawning. A sense of hope is a dawning.  We can experience dawning in our mind, heart, soul, and body.  They are inherent in the living of life.  If we start to believe the darkness is all there is then we might stop looking for the light.  God gives us hope through the cycling of life. It gives us the willingness to hold on to our hearts when it gets the darkest.