Dawning of a New Day

Recently, California received lots of badly needed rain. The problem is that it rained/poured daily for about a week, giving us a little too much too quickly, which caused mud slides and flooding problems. I'm used to sunny skies around here. It is normally sunny about 97% of the time. Having a whole week of cloudy skies and so much rain, I feel, gave me a glimpse of what it might be like to live in Seattle or other areas where it rains a lot. I loved getting the badly needed rain and appreciated that gift from God, but I didn't like all of the darkness and gloominess it brought.

After several days of darkness, one morning I woke up and noticed this beautiful sunrise outside my bedroom window and had to take a picture of it. It really got me excited for the dawning of a new day. The picture really doesn't do the sunrise I saw justice (picture is a little dark), but it serves as a reminder to me of the beautiful world we live in -- a gift from a loving Heavenly Father to each of His children. I hope I can always take the time to notice, be thankful for, and help take care of this place I call earth, for it is my home until I pass on to the next life where it will be even more beautiful, I'm sure.