Before the world begins asking anything of us,
before schedules fill our thoughts,
before responsibilities begin to press upon our hearts,
there is an invitation.
An invitation to simply be with Jesus.
Every morning God has a thousand ways of reminding us that He is near.
Sometimes it is found in the warmth of the first sunlight.
Sometimes in the fragrance of rain.
Sometimes in the quiet stillness before dawn.
And sometimes,
it comes perched atop the highest branch of a tree.
A tiny songbird singing a melody that seems almost too beautiful for earth.
It asks nothing.
It hurries nothing.
It simply sings.
And somehow, in its simple faithfulness,
our hearts remember the One who has been waiting for us all along.