Noonday Notes, Issue 6

Today marks the Summer Solstice—the longest day of the year, the apex of light. From this point forward, whether we feel it or not, the days will begin their slow, steady decline into darkness. Light will soften, evenings will be longer, and come December, we’ll stand at the threshold of winter, of darkness.

What I’ve always enjoyed about the solstices is this: they arrive whether you feel them or not. Whether it’s 92° in San Antonio or 62° in Central New York, the cycle holds. The light shifts. The axis turns. This rhythm of creation doesn't depend on our weather apps or our feelings. It's embedded into the very fabric of how the world works.

Because Genesis y’all:

“And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,’” Genesis 1:14 ESV

These words—signs and seasons, appointed times—give me comfort and stability. I find beauty in order. In a world that often feels chaotic and unpredictable, the changing of the seasons reminds me that God is not only present but consistent. That He’s layered meaning into time itself. There is a spiritual rhythm in the rotation of the Earth. We are creatures in a created world that still bears the imprints of the One who set it all spinning. Kinda mind blowing right?

So today, take a moment to notice the light. Let the long day linger. Let it remind you that the world turns on a rhythm not of our own making. And that God, in His great mercy, made the Light, not just to warm us, but to orient us.

“And it was so.”

Read the rest of Noonday Notes here.