“Wake Up Call” Blog #61

What is my first thought in the morning when I wake up?

Am I still in yesterday… even though its today?

Do I start my day out with spiritual insurance? What even does this mean?

It’s critical to connect right away in the morning. The world is always out there, the

idea that we can be shielded from all struggle, run from things and avoid hurt. This

will never happen. I have to believe when I look at myself, I look to HIM for courage.

Every person has issues to face, yet, not everything that is faced can be changed.

The second I wake up I must accept this fact my mind is filled with thousands of

things that I may feel are necessary to figure out right away. Yet, that’s not the way I

find spiritual insurance. “So I put my hands together immediately when I awake and I

ask HIM quietly, with a thankful heart. “Show me the way today and thank you for the

direction and clarity and discipline to do the right things.” This is so important

because thoughts never stop, I never stop thinking, except when I finally go to sleep

So isn’t it comforting to realize and understand that HE hears me? I cannot feel

protected and directed and safe unless I wake up and say a prayer. Thankfully at

peace, when I am finished, now I can sort out my thoughts with way less confusion.

I understand now where my priorities lay and what I have to deal with in order. When

I am anxious, nothing goes right.

Only I AM in charge of me and who I AM. Does this fit? People often refer to the “glass

half full” being the positive point. Imagine our day starting out with a thankful heart

and allowing HIM to take over and I stay quiet for a few moments so I am able to

listen for direction. More often than not, people have said to me, “it’s impossible, I

have to do it on my own, or things will never happen. I don’t have time for this

nonsense”. What IF in prayer we are bringing in “spiritual reinforcement” and

everything we do today now has positive purpose? I am sure you have heard the

saying, “If you want to make God laugh, just tell him your plans”. There were many

times in my life where I was so busy all day, by the time night arrived and the day was

finally done, I fell into bed.

In one instant our lives can change in a breath. We all know this, we have

experienced good and bad. When I finally grasped the importance of prayer, I

prayed hard one Sunday. I remember going into church and I asked prayerfully in

earnest, “Please send me a good man, someone without negative baggage and

someone who will lift me up be very kind”. I ended my prayer with a thank you.

That was on a Sunday morning. Later that same day, I was at my Open House

wishing the owners had turned on the air conditioner because it was getting very

warm inside. Just then, I saw a small green sports car pull into the drive way and

a very tall, good looking man walked up to the door. He was looking to buy a house.

Later on, after I did sell him a new townhome we started dating and that man

became my husband. A funny side note to this story is this, my husband had been

golfing and said he had no idea he was going to be looking at houses that day.

He said, “It was the strangest thing, but something just came into my mind and I

got lost driving around and showed up at your listing!”

My future husband had driven down the wrong street and that was how we met!

Now a thousand people might attribute that to chance. People would say “it was just

a coincidence, nothing more to it”. .My future husband told me so many times

how strange that day was. “I am very disciplined”, he said”. “I mean it, I had no

plans except to golf that afternoon. Then something came into my mind and I

was intent on looking for a house to buy”. He just sat there shaking his head.

I believe in miracles. I believe in truth. I believe that WHEN we believe, HE hears us.

Once again, I am reminded of the Easter Season. It is still Lent and there is an

amazing, wonderful, kind man who has done so much just for us. For forty days HE

went off into the desert to fast, pray and be in solitude. No one person can identify

with what he did. Imagine trying to fast at all? It is only nine days until Easter, yet, the

man Jesus would still be fasting after thirty one days! What do you think is his

purpose for doing such a thing?

A real God took on “human form” to show us what true love is. To show us through his

humanity, his suffering, his dedication to unconditional love for each of us. Where

does the fault lie in any of this? Why are so many so afraid to believe? When I was

younger I just did not understand or take the time to learn anything about the “man

Jesus”. I am so sorry that I never did this. I feel much of my own suffering and

sadness and anger might have been reduced. I truly believe that Life makes more

sense when we stop, take a deep breath and pray.

We have to ask for an understanding heart, then be thankful for exactly where we are.

We wake up each morning and we immediately have two roads to take. We can

lie and be dishonest, or we can tell the truth in every situation and be honest with

ourself today. IF this were our last day on earth, how would we spend it? No matter

what. I can see myself growing stronger internally, when I admit the truth. We will

hurt ourself badly if our choice is dishonesty. I now wake up in the morning to his

comforting call and I lay there for my prayerful moment and accept today. For today

there is is a new lesson to learn. Whether we live alone or with others. I am asked to

wake up now to the truth inside me. IF I prayerfully ask for direction, words will come.

I will be assured what I AM to do.

This I know for sure, “Jesus, I believe in you”.

“In the morning, can I quiet my mind to my wakeup call?”

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