Different Day

The Hebrew understanding of the 24 hour day is very different from modern western society. It began in the evening and ended in the afternoon.

Genesis 1:5 "God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day."

Psalm 5:3 "O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch."

Lamentations 3:22-23 "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."

I usually look forward to the end of the day - the evening. What if I were to hope for the end of the day - the morning, when God speaks and I'm reminded of his steadfast love and his never-ending mercies. Then, I will exult in his faithfulness.

Morning is more apt to remind me of these things than the evening.