Not Every Morning
Not every morning
Brings peace and joy
Sometimes I awake to heartbreak
Despair and discouragement
Sometimes I arise to problems, trials
Worries that darken my dreams
Sorrows that destroy my wonder
Not every morning
Brings feelings of contentment
Sometimes I come to life with dread
Doubting even the best intentions
Sometimes I am aroused by pain
Feelings of sadness that I blame
For all my moments of disappointment
Not every morning
Brings blue skies and sunlit praises
Sometimes I am awakened to despair
Grief that stings me to my core
Sometimes I arise to calamity, misfortune
Feelings of anguish and misery
A darkness that shadows all of my dreams
Not every morning
Brings me into a gentle hope
Sometimes I am stirred to life
By suffering, pain and strife
Sometimes I feel only the dread
That invades my heart’s best
Sometimes I only know conflict
Never the wonder of peace’s gentleness
Not every morning
Is dancing with beauty
Sometimes I see ugly and nasty
Sometimes I see hideous threats
Sometimes I can’t find my way out
Of the shadows that obscure God’s best!
Not every morning brings joy
But every morning brings a second chance
To believe and receive the joy
Of God’s love, His Son, my Savior
Every morning brings the opportunity
To bow before the King of Kings
Whisper praise for His unending grace
The Gift Of salvation, the reason for each breath
Not every morning brings a smile
But every morning brings a new light
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