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Morning by Morning Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays of Messiah Ministries
Both the Beauty and the Burden of the “Snow from Heaven” - Morning by Morning, January 26, 2026
“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:10-11).
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Morning by Morning, January 26, 2026 — Both the Beauty and the Burden of the “Snow from Heaven”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I watch and wait for Your leading to begin my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. ...
“For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:10-11).
As I wake up this morning, much of our nation is still covered in snow and ice. Some see the beauty, while others suffer under the burden.
At its Source, the rain and the snow come down from You as part of Your creation to provide needed resources in their time and for their purposes on our behalf. But in our broken and fallen world, ever in desperate need of Your redemption, even the beauty of Your creation can be turned against us as creation itself groans under the burden of fallen nature and fallen mankind. “For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now” (Romans 8:22). “For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God” until “creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption” (v. 19-21). “But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance” (v. 25).
The wind and the waters of the sea had purposes in their creation, yet there was a time when You rebuked them to halt their destruction and restore Your peace (Mark 4:39). And as with Your first disciples, You call us to arise in faith to trust in You through the suffering and struggles when creation itself burdens our lives (v. 40).
So as I join with my neighbors in praying through this time of struggle in our nation, give us that right heart and right perspective to both see Your beauty in Your creation, even as we trust in You and overcome the burdens, for ourselves and our neighbors.
And through it all, let both the beauty and the burdens point us back to the One who is the Source of every good thing in our lives and to the One who is always sending forth Your word for our good, like the rain that comes down with snow from heaven. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.