So my friend told me about this challenge, the Hello Mornings Challenge, to be exact. It is where you can sign up (willingly) to join a twitter or FB group with other women in your time zone and have some accountability to get up early and dive into your day the right way - with the Lord. It is giving my first fruits to God. It is hard!
Each person sets their own goal time to wake up and it seems that most of us have kids, so if your kids are late sleepers, you're golden. Me, not so much. My goal time is 5:30 so that I can hopefully have some time before their little feet hit the floor. So far, the longest I've made it is 45 min, which is pretty good - and plenty of time to hear what the Lord was saying to me. (And it's not just Bible study that they encourage - it's exercise, a shower, planning your day! These ladies are realistic, which is awesome and what someone like me really needs!)
One of the hardest things for me is being still. My mind doesn't stop and I think that is one of the reasons I'm not the best sleeper (and I wonder where my son gets it!). I can trace a thought that starts at needing to do the laundry and ends up at where we ate on vacation last year. There will be about 7 jumps in between but I can get us there. Anyway, it is hard to shut it down and just listen. I am working on that. It is not always easy, but on those days like today where I am certain that I hear the Lord...wow! So worth the early morning! I mean, I'm meeting the one who created me. The one who placed the stars in the sky. The one who loves me despite myself. And the one who wouldn't miss these moments for anything!
Even if you're not a morning person, I'd challenge you to get up, even 10 or 15 minutes earlier. It can change you! I am already more calm than on days I don't get up because I'm getting up for my kids not to my kids. Think about it, I have filled my mind, first thing, with scripture and it resonates all day. Seriously...it is a hard thing, but a good thing too!
