Most of the time I highly dislike getting up in the morning. It's somewhat been that way my entire life. I get this little extra wind of an early evening and then push too hard and stay up too late at night. My mother use to hand me a cup of Cocoa Wheats to drink on my way out the door. I guess you could say she was my "first" experience at what we now call Starbucks. She got me going. Nowadays, I feel like a ball in a pinball machine as I make my way down the steps and into the kitchen to make my first cup of the morning. This got me thinking.
Getting out of a nice warm bed, a quiet room, to go get ready for your day that can begin with anything you want to drink is not some 7 Mile Run. It is not even comparable to the Via dolorosa. I am not waking to the sound of war or an earthquake. Sometimes you need to get yourself in order and shake yourself up a bit and give yourself a reality check.
Some people in the world don't even have a bed. Take that further and many do not even have a home or a blanket. So while I'm complaining (silently) that I want to stay in bed rather than get up, read my Bible, write my Blog, make the bed, get a shower and get dressed? Really? So today things change.
No, I am not going to get a dog, though I want one. I would have to get up and go let the dog out and get some fresh air and... so no. But I am going to hit the floor with more joy for all that I have. No one knows what tomorrow may hold or even what country we may be in. Yes, I tell God "Good morning", but you all know what I'm talking about. It is my inner attitude. My heart condition that God is looking at. If I wake up singing but the song is from He Haw -Gloom Despair and Agony on me, the Lord knows!
So today, Lord help me to renew my mind to the things of God. Create in me a grateful heart O God. Let the joy of the Lord overflow in my life to the lives of others.
Psalm 9:1 NIV "1 I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds."
Some people in the world don't even have a bed. Take that further and many do not even have a home or a blanket. So while I'm complaining (silently) that I want to stay in bed rather than get up, read my Bible, write my Blog, make the bed, get a shower and get dressed? Really? So today things change.
No, I am not going to get a dog, though I want one. I would have to get up and go let the dog out and get some fresh air and... so no. But I am going to hit the floor with more joy for all that I have. No one knows what tomorrow may hold or even what country we may be in. Yes, I tell God "Good morning", but you all know what I'm talking about. It is my inner attitude. My heart condition that God is looking at. If I wake up singing but the song is from He Haw -Gloom Despair and Agony on me, the Lord knows!
So today, Lord help me to renew my mind to the things of God. Create in me a grateful heart O God. Let the joy of the Lord overflow in my life to the lives of others.
Psalm 9:1 NIV "1 I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds."
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