This afternoon I was sitting around the house, and at a certain point, God said, "Go ride down to the river." So I went out, grabbed my bike, and went to my absolute favorite spot, on the eastern point of Belle Isle, looking at the city. God told me to watch the sunset, so I sat down, pulled out my book, and prepared to actually watch an entire sunset.
Sunsets can be staggeringly beautiful things. Most folks watch the sun as it sets, and if you can catch a clear day with little wisps of clouds to illuminate, it'll be something cool. Of course, you have to be looking west, and I was looking east. If you look East, instead of seeing the sun in it's glory, you get to see everything the sun lights up, and it certainly makes for a beautiful canvas!
God starts with a brilliant yellow, bathing the city in gold. Slowly this deepens and the gold becomes bronze, and then it gets deeper still, shifting to a red. The sun is getting close to the horizon now, and its color is fading, but it kisses the skyline with a faint pink before dipping out of sight.
What comes next is perhaps most surprising, as the show doesn't end! The the light on the buildings fades the sky becomes god's next canvas. What before was a clear sky blue bleeds into purple, with a whole spectrum of dark reds, a clear contrast to the array of yellows in the west. Gradually the purples fade away, the blues deepen, the moon pops out, and the city's lights start to twinkle on. Watch for about 15 minutes more and the blue turns to black, with the lights of the city truly coming alive.
There's a lot of potential take-aways here...but mine were pretty simple. First, it's always good to do what God tells you, as he has all manner of wonders in store. Second? Take a minute to marvel at what God's doing rather than staring right at him. There you'll see him reflected, and it will absolutely blow your mind.
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| The Bronzed City |
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| See the red's in the sky reflected in the river |
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| Nighty night! |
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