New Every Morning

Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.

They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

Lamentations 3:22-23

This morning, I came out of sleep into conciousness around 4:45 to 5:00. Darkness was beginning to lose its grip and through the ebbing darkness the world was becoming brighter. As I lay there in the very stillness of early morning, I heard through our open window a song being sung. What seemed like hundreds of birds were singing God's praises while the morning was still a promise and not yet a reality. I lay there for at least a half hour listening to the singing and pondering the verses in Lamentations. His compassion for us never fails and they are new each morning. Isn't it interesting that the birds have no problem believing what we seem to forget? The birds believe in the faithfulness of God who supplies all their needs. They prove it with their early morning song. The Bible tells us in
Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

In that verse, God tells us that we are more valuable than the birds so it follows then that God will supply all our needs as well. Let's emulate the birds and make God's face smile by waking up with a song of praise on our tongue. Lessons learned from very small creatures.