I am sitting here with my first cup of coffee of the morning and watching the morning light sing to the leaves. And the leaves are glowing in response! 

“Morning has broken…Like the First Morning,

Blackbird has spoken…Like the First Bird.

Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!

Praise for them,  springing fresh from The Word!”

(Penned by Eleanor Farjeon in 1925)

There have been slight changes made over the years to contemporize that song, but look how the original words are pregnant with praise to the Creator!

The poet even references how God created everything springing fresh from His Word.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God…

All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made.” John 1

What a display of power! 

He spoke.

And the sound of His voice caused galaxies to spring into existence. 

His relationship with humans was more intimate.  It was totally hands-on. 

He took dust from that earth and shaped mankind in His Own Image, breathing His Own Breath into that created being. 

And then… 

The Creator came down out of Eternity to walk on the very same Earth He had just spoken into existence.  (Genesis 3:8)

A perfect good morning. 

Until the chilly fingers of pride and self-centeredness introduced long dark shadows across All of Creation.

But He Who Is Light has not forgotten His original lyrics. 

He did not leave us in a destructive mess with no way out!

The Spoken Word became human, like us, and lived and walked on this Earth among us. 

Except He did not stumble and fall with pride and self-centeredness like we do. Jesus, God-Word in the flesh, had a pure heart and a perfect walk. 

Because He became one of us, but remained sin free, He was the Only One who could satisfy the requirements and break that Curse of Death that hovers over all Creation.

He remembers His original words from the Dawn of Creation and He sings them over us.  (Zephaniah 3)

His song is full of the Goodness of God and how He has put Eternity in our hearts.

His lyrics contain some of my favorite words. 

Resurrection

      Redemption  

          Reconciliation 

                 Restoration

And a promise of a New Heavens and a New Earth.

“Praise for the sweetness of the Wet Garden,

Sprung in completeness where His Feet pass.

God’s recreation of the New Day!”

~ds