Sonrise

The horizon does not end with your eyesight. You can look, and see as far as you can see. You can climb on your roof, you can even climb a mountain. You can look, and use binoculars, and stare until your eyes hurt. But you will never see the end of the horizon. You can drive a thousand miles, and fly a thousand more, and you will never come to the end of the horizon. Its always the farthest point you can see. Its always just over that hill, or just beyond that mountain. The horizon is always in front of you, always close enough to see, but far enough to keep trying to reach. And that’s what we do. Stretch, and strive for the horizon. Climb the next mountain, take the next plane, run the next mile, reach for the future. And when we stop, stop climbing and running and striving. When we stop searching, and chasing. When we stop shooting for the horizon, we end up turning around. Looking at what we’ve done, being content with it, and looking behind us. Building a home is good. Having a good job, and a loving family, those are good things. But when we stop chasing the horizon, the one thing that’s always just out of reach. The one thing that houses our dreams that we continually strive for. When we stop chasing that, we give up the fight. We close our eyes, and turn our back on the horizon. And we forget. We forget that the Son always rises on the horizon.