Each Day Offers the Promise of Hope

Genesis 1: 3-5

“3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.”

Early in the morning of my first day of summer vacation from school, I would ride my bicycle to the top of the street and look out on the brand new day and feel the promise that the beginning of summer vacation always brought.  This promise seemed limitless and full of hope. 

I can just imagine God on that first day, looking over His creation, watching the sun rise and set.  There was so much promise, so much hope, so much love.  

God’s creation of the universe was an act of love, designed to fill the formless void with the hope of a bright future; a future to be spent with God.  As the sun set on that first day, so much lay ahead.

For Christians, each day is a fulfillment of that first day.  Each day holds the promise of a new start.  Each day God extends His hand to us .  

Each day God offers us the promise and the hope of salvation.  

May the love of Christ be with you,

Rev. Eric Lanier (Retired)