It is windy today as I walk toward the subway. Leaves of varying shades of brown, yellow, and faded orange dance in the street, nature defying the human view of a Monday morning.
I turn the corner on Massachusetts Avenue, and the morning sky over Central Station in Cambridge meets me with beauty and hope.
My heart has hurt for many people in these past few weeks. It has hurt for the finality of death and the pain of poor decisions; the sadness of relationships that are struggling and the deep loss of heartbreak. It has hurt for the poor and the homeless; it has hurt for the refugee and the displaced. While I am not paralyzed with the pain, I am feeling it acutely. Like living with a chronic illness, it is always there. But every day, a new morning emerges. Every day the sun rises, whether I can see it or not. Every day there are points of laughter and joy.
So it is today - the morning sky at Central resisting despair, painting the sadness of the world with its splash of color; redemption at its finest.
The Psalmist tells me that joy comes in the morning. "Weeping may last through the night," he says "but joy comes with the morning."* Words written many centuries ago, but they don't grow old. Instead, they rise with the morning sky over Central.
*Psalm 30:5b
