So, the other day, I woke up and my head was just… full. You know those mornings? Too much buzzing around up there before I’d even had coffee. I was trying to shake it off, and then this tiny little tune fragment popped into my head. “Rise and shine…” and then my mind went blank on the rest. It was one of those super simple, almost nursery rhyme kind of things. I knew I knew it, but couldn’t quite grab the whole thing.
I kept humming that little bit, “rise and shine, rise and shine…” It was bugging me. So, like anyone does these days, I just sort of mumbled what I remembered into my phone search. Something like “old song rise and shine lyrics.” And up it popped, almost instantly. “Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory.” Yeah, that was it. And then the bit about “children of the Lord.”
I read through the lyrics, and man, they’re simple. Like, really, really simple. There’s not a lot to them:
Rise and shine
And give God the glory, glory
Rise and shine
And give God the glory, glory
Rise and shine
And give God the glory, glory
Children of the Lord.
And then it repeats, sometimes with verses for Noah and the ark, stuff like that, but the main bit is just that chorus.
There’s nothing fancy about the words. No big, deep philosophical statements. It’s not trying to win any poetry awards. But you know what? That morning, it just kind of… hit the spot. It was exactly what I needed. Something uncomplicated. Something that just cut through all the mental clutter I woke up with.
It made me think. Here are these incredibly basic words, probably sung by kids for ages, and they still have this little kick to them. For me, it wasn’t even about a huge religious moment or anything. It was more about the sheer simplicity of the message. Just… wake up, acknowledge something good, something bigger than your own little worries, and get on with it. The “give God the glory” part, to me, just felt like a call to be grateful, to see the good, even if it’s just the fact that the sun came up again.
I found myself humming it for the rest of the morning. It’s funny, isn’t it? You can listen to all sorts of complex music or read all sorts of profound books, but sometimes it’s the simplest little tune that gets you back on track. It didn’t solve any world problems, didn’t clear my entire to-do list, but it did make the start of my day feel a bit lighter, a bit more straightforward.
I don’t go around singing it out loud every day or anything. But it’s tucked away in my head now, like a little reminder. When things feel a bit too much, or my brain’s too noisy, that simple “rise and shine” pops up. It’s a good little reset button, I guess. Just thought I’d share that little experience. Sometimes the most basic things are the ones that stick with you the most. No big secrets here, just a little tune that helped me out a bit. Maybe it’ll ring a bell for someone else too.