Will there really be a "Morning"
Is there such a thing as "Day"
Could I see it from the mountains
If I were as tall as they
Has it feet like Water lilies
Has it feathers like a Bird
Is it brought from famous countries
Of which I have never heard
Oh some Scholar! Oh some Sailor
Oh some Wise Men from the skies
Please to tell a little Pilgrim
Where the place called "Morning" lies
會有一真實清晨存在著嗎
真有像日子這樣事存在嗎
我可由眾山之上望見它嗎
如果我像眾山般高可摩天
它像荷花般有成雙的腳嗎
它像飛鳥般有成對羽翼嗎
它是否由著名國家被帶來
是一處我從未聽聞的地方
喔某位學者們某位水手們
喔某位來自諸天上的智者
請告訴我這卑微的天路客
稱作清晨者可安歇於何處
默想:
「神說:『要有光』,就有了光。神看光是好的,就把光暗分開了。神稱光為「晝」,稱暗為「夜」。有晚上,有早晨,這是頭一日。」(創世記1:3~5)人生過程,是一日一日累積起來的,時間雖然不被看見,卻是一直前進不稍歇。清晨是一日之始,讓人感受到時間的存在,也感受創造時間之神的存在。神看日夜都好,看所有時間都好,因這些都是祂所創造的。因而,在「時間」內所有發生存在的人事物,都有神的安排。我們每天清晨起床,就要先為「這一日」感謝神,因今天祂仍與我們一起度過。「你們清晨早起,夜晚安歇,吃勞碌得來的飯,本是枉然;惟有耶和華所親愛的,必叫他安然睡覺。」(詩篇127:2)