Today i had planned to write about something completely different but it was clearly obvious i had more insight about a new topic. This morning i woke up at 7... not by choice but mostly because there was a crying little ( not so little )dog. His name is buddy and if you haven't met him it might be a little harder to see the picture. I am sleeping in the floor while my sister is in town and this morning i shared that piece of floor with our dog ah. Waking up so early leaves a person with 2 options - "get up", "go back to sleep"... for me it was option number 1. I got up and went on with the day and this made me think of how much time i spend sleeping and how much longer days are when i am not sleeping. I may add that today 2-3 hours after i was awake i felt back asleep on the couch ahha.
Sleeping is a funny deal. since i was a kid i was always fascinated by the ability of sleep. Christmas evening i sometimes would go to sleep at like 3pm so i could just wake up the next day. In my head sleep was this magical trick where my body could make time pass by faster but it would feel like 2 seconds ago. The moment i felt asleep the fastest i would cruise through the time space continuum wait. It also helped that i was incredibly good at falling asleep anywhere, my prodigal list of places where i felt asleep go from basketball stadium to stairs. I can say i enjoy sleep , i can even say i'm darn good at it, when i am deeply asleep, phones dont make a sound , noises cease to exist and most likely the world could be crumbling down and i would be deeply asleep.
I think its an amazing thing that even sleep is an act of grace of God. Forget that its just a cool gift and it rests our body , we have cool dreams, and it feels so good (naps); but the greatest gift of grace that we get in our sleep is waking up in the morning the next day. I came to think about it and this might be one of the most gracious acts of God we may ignore. Because how much is the extent of God that we fall asleep at night and we get to see another day?
Everyday we wake up is an act of grace, it is like Jesus extends one more day , just one more day his grace is displayed for us , one more day we live to see his love , to witness his majesty as the sun rises against your window. It is so humbling for me to know that when i get up i witness Gods grace, BAM right there, there is no escape,right then i am a humble witness of His love for he chose to give me life one more day , not that i may dwell in evil but that i may live in his courts; THANK YOU LORD !!! What an amazing act of worship can my mornings be then for i am a witness to his glory , witness of his grace and love, extended one more day.
Jesus thank you that your grace covers all things , even a silly little nap. Thank you that you look kindly on us and everyday that passes by it is a revelation of your love for us and you hold your wrath against our sins. Lord we are not worthy of such grace but everyday you make the sun and the moon rise and in this majesty orchestra we stand in awe. Father thank you for sleep but help me wake up so that i may dwell in your courts one more day, to join in adoration to your kingdom. Praise you Jesus , graceful father.
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