it was my favourite past time.
i love sunsets. i enjoy looking at the sky paints it thousand pictures every minute. i love it when the sun rays, as it goes down, reflecting its light among the clouds around it. or maybe sometimes, it just reflects to the sky itself. it creates a warm yellow, sometimes orange-ish colour, sometimes light pink - that blends so beautifully with the ultramarine blue sky.
and just after this past year after i commit myself waking up early(-er), i start to notice sunrise as well. lucky me i live in a house heading to the east, and my room has a huge window that heads east too. i like the warmth of the sun rays in the morning. it has a kind of soft orange colour, it looks very bright yet calming at the same time.
i do enjoy its beauty.
but there was this one time, few weeks ago.. i was driving alone during twilight, well, not quite yet.. and as usual i look at the sky. it was so beautiful, it was pink, blue, yellow and orange all at once. all colours seem to synchronise together so harmoniously. it struck me -- to me it was God cheering me up! i was just suddenly stunned to think that, how if God gives us sunset to cheer us up after a long day at work and sunrise to greet us in the morning? and He gives it for everyone to see!
having to see the sun itself already means it is a new day. a new blessing from Him that we are still breathing. and to paint the sky so beautifully? it is His gift for us!
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is deprived of its warmth.
