Dorothy C. Bass, in a book titled Receiving the Day, reminds the reader that the ancient Hebrews saw darkness as the beginning of their day. The Sabbath begins at dusk and ends at dusk. Bass points out that this creates an important perspective on God’s time. During the first part of the day, God is at work while we sleep. We wake into the midst of God’s activity. We join it; we don’t initiate it. The day begins in grace.
I think it will take some time to begin thinking this way – to start seeing the ending of the day’s light (which has always made me sad) as the beginning of a new day. To see morning as my chance to plug into what’s already going on. To experience grace in this new shape.
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