Photo: David Robertson
David: I’ve always been a lover of the morning sky—that time between sleep and awake. It’s even more significant during the winter when the night is long and cold. For that reason, the morning light is welcome and full of promise for me. The morning star(s) can still be seen in the west as the day star, our sun rises in the east. I have the feeling that the light is always with me and never leaves me. It’s comforting. And it’s beautiful. The Prophet Isaiah says, “Do not fear, I am with you” (Is.10:41). When I see the morning star, I am reminded of this promise. It shines with hope and offers comfort after the longest of nights.
Susan: I remember when my sons were just babies how hard it was to be up with them in the early morning hours. My body ached for sleep; my mind was clouded with frustration. I would stand at the back door, holding my child and looking out to the east. I watched for the dawn and the bright morning star (probably a planet). Somehow that star was my anchor. It helped me know that I would make it through these nights of disrupted sleep. In the same way, Jesus is for me my morning star. In the times of frustration and disillusionment, the times of exhaustion and grief, the times of wondering if what I am doing is worth it, I look to Jesus and find my anchor in the morning light.
Rev. Susan Lukey & Rev. David Robertson, High River United Church, High River, Alta.