It has been said that Carl Rogers, psychologist and theologian, once said that we seldom critique a sunset...
We refrain from saying, "Oh, I wish there were more indigo here and less orange there...!"  We simply enjoy a sunset.  We drink in the breathtaking colors which adorn the horizon.  So, too, last weekend with the splendid sunsets we viewed - a New Year's gift from the God of surprise...
     I would add that a sunset can teach us many things.  As we face the end of our temporal lives, we may have eyes to see that a sunset here in this temporal world is a sunrise in the Halls of Heaven, where our loved ones await...
     We have great hymns that were inspired by sunsets...
          "Beyond the Sunset"
          "Unclouded Day"
Great hymn stories accompany the composition of these testimonials in song, and I hope one day to sing "beyond the sunset," in a "place where no storm clouds rise."