“For the Lord is a sun and shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.
O Lord of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!”
Psalm 84: 11-12
Do you ever think about what would happen if the sun were to just disappear, vanish, be gone!
Have you ever asked yourself what really does the sun provide to us? What’s it’s purpose and how do we, and life benefit from it?
Well, one thing for certain without the sun we wouldn’t even be able to exist and earth would completely freeze over if the sun were to disappear. Life would very well come to an end.
The sun is essential to life. Nature knows that but do we? How many of us take our sun for granted and rarely acknowledge it’s importance.
The sun is earths guardian and giver. The same way the Lord, God, is ours.
To trust in our Lord is to trust in God, and those who seek God know that he is essential. He is the provider and giver of our lives. He remains very present and so many of us take our God for granted and do not know of His importance.
May we continue to reach for God the way nature reaches for the sun.
An example of nature reaching for the sun is take a plant inside your home and you will notice that it will always lean and grow towards where the sun is shining. Even if you turn the plant, it will change direction and always follow the sun.
The next time you go outside with the sun shining bright take a moment of gratitude and be reminded that we have our own sun providing, protecting, and giving us life. To each and every one of us.
“For the Lord is a sun and shield”
Amen.
The Wild Gems 
Thank you for the inspiration!
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