Sunrise Sunset

I can get emotional when I think of the old Fiddler on the Roof song, "Sunrise, Sunset." It measures, by sunrise and sunset, the lives of two children who are getting married. The sun rises, and the sun sets. Time passes by and we don’t notice what is happening, right in front of us.

Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?

I don't remember growing older
When did they?

When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be so tall?
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?

In the end, everyone sings,

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

To me, the swiftness of time’s passing is troubling at times. Where does the time go?

I need a reminder to measure my life by sunrise and sunset, living one day at a time, being fully present and aware.

I need to frame each day by praying prayers like these.

Psalm 5:3 — In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.

Psalm 4:8 — I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Sunrise. Pray. Sunset. Pray. One day at a time.