Every Day

The sun is rising, orange outside my window.  Not yet up.  The sky is full of vibrant colors in anticipation of the moment when all of the light will spill forth.  Changing.  From orange to nearly red, to pale pink as the sun breaks through and fills the sky with early morning blue.  A new day is given.
Every day has room for great good.  For learning.  The days are full and beautiful.  Even when ugly things happen within them, they cannot take away from the overall goodness God has put into the beauty and loveliness of the world.
Every day is worth living.  Worth greeting.  Taste and see that it IS good.  Not it might be.....it will be.
Every day hold secrets and blessings that can only be unlocked by the eyes of faith.  A key that is nearly magical as it sees what those without the key cannot even fathom exists.  Freedom.  Hope.  Peace.  Goodness.  Joy.  Patience.  Not only to give to others, but to scoop up for myself.
Like a kid in the candy shop looking through all of the choices, I need to see that every decision, every thing that happens, everything I see, is an opportunity.
Every day.  Because it is each day that makes up the sum of a life.  My life.  The only one I get to leave behind footprints.  Faith messages.  Words that lead and inspire.
Every day is an opportunity for me.  To see God in all of His attributes.  To celebrate.  To accept His provision.  Because every day also holds pain.  And only He holds the salve to heal the aches.