I got to go and see Chris and Tina at Kenilworth YFC today to draw up a mission proposal. It was an early start, leaving the hose at 520am to beat the traffic and do some work before starting the consultation.

There is something strangely weird but refreshing about traveling along the M25 alone. On a number of occasions there was not anther car in front or behind me. It is definitely the way to travel! Instead of arriving stressed and wondering why I had sat hours in the car, I arrived after stopping for a great breakfast and getting some work done.

This is a time of the morning that few of us normally see. Somehow the time seems cleaner and fresher, different things are noticeable, such as birds starting to sing, the silence before the world starts to wake up. In fact, Gillingham looks like beautiful, as does the M25 when seen in this different light.

Seeing familiar things in a different light opens us up to the possibility of seeing new things where once only familiarity bred an unconscious contentedness due to lack of observation and awareness.

Approaching and looking at God in fresh ways can, too, open us to the possibility of a new discovery.