Early Rising

    So this morning I got up early which is strange for any waiter, even a spiritual waiter. I decided to go for a run. Now when I say early, I mean that the sun still had an hour to come up when I started running. As I was running I was doing some thinking. 

    I thought about a guy back in my college days talking about Psalm 19, which is a great psalm. The first half talks about how God shows himself in the world and the second half talks about how he shows himself in his word. It was the fourth and fifth verses that I was thinking about as Buddy Holly was accompanying me on my ipod. 'In (the heavens) he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber.'

    I was thinking about my old classmate Ray. He told us all about the day of his wedding (before the wedding, that is) and the incredible energy he felt. He felt like a caged animal and he was so excited when he finally got to walk down the aisle and take the hand of his smiling bride. Well that's the way the sun feels every morning! Can you imagine the sun looking over at his maker- 'Is it time yet?' The sun might be like an impatient two-top too, 'Is my food ready yet?' 

    In the old days of people following Jesus, they saw this as pointing to the Son of God himself. They imagined the Son on the third day after his death and burial looking to the Father- 'Is it time yet?' 'Is it time to show that you approve of and ratify this new and lasting love-bond between us and our people?'

     Anyhow, I kept running and the ipod kept rolling out songs to keep me motivated and I thought about what I am waiting for. I am always waiting on people who are waiting on their food. It seems like I'm always waiting on a semester to be done; for my scholastic career to come to an end. I'm waiting to get on with my life and out of this transitional stage or whatever the heck it is. 

     I think in the end, just like when I was running this morning, just like the sun does morning by morning and like Jesus must have done in the wee hours of the morning, I am waiting for the sun to rise. I am waiting for a new day. I am waiting for the day when the love-bond Jesus made with me will come to full completion. I am waiting for the sons of God to be revealed. I am waiting to be home.