Before Your Feet Hit The Floor

It’s Friday!! Woo hoo!! Why does it feel this year should be over with? It doesn’t seem possible that we haven’t even been through one month of the New Year yet it feels like we should be at least half way through!

I am sure that you all have your weekend planned out. Some of you will be working. Some of you will sleep the time away. Some of you will keep yourself busy so that you don’t have to stop and think about the down time. However you choose to spend this weekend let me challenge you to try something ~ please?

As soon as you wake up - before you ever get out of bed:

Picture that overstuffed chair ~

Picture that spot by the ocean with the spray of the water brushing across your face ~

Picture that spot in front of the window with the sun streaming through and you take in all the warmth of the sun’s rays.

Maybe it’s the reminder of the white as snow-the covering He has given us that will go through your mind

Whatever picture you have in your mind would you spend some time thanking Him for all the He is to you.

Before your feet hit the floor sit in His lap for a while and while you are there tell Him:

Thank You~ thank You for Your grace and Your mercy~

Thank You for Your willingness to reach down and call men to You.

Thank You for Your justice and how You mix it with compassion

Thank You for…… you finish it

You know ... I’m not saying that doing this will guarantee a wonderful, stress free, uneventful day. But what it will do ... well just wait and see. I’ll let God show you what will happen.

Have a great day! A great weekend~

Originally Written 1/18/02