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Morning Meditation


Life, just being alive, is quite the adventure, isn't it?
The new mindset work I've been doing has really shifted the way I think, and I like it.
Every day when I wake up I feel this sense of newness, this fresh start, a new beginning with endless possibilities.
A whole day, Lord willing, full of things to do and things to learn and people to love and encourage, lies before you when you open your eyes in the morning.
The abundance, the opportunity,  the blessing of it....take a few minutes to just revel in that... It brings so much joy and gratitude.
Just to open your eyes in the morning and breathe.
Say thank you. Thank you God for everything.
I love being able to go out and stand in the dew covered grass in my barefoot and let the morning sun shine on my face and feel it's warmth on my skin. Big deep breaths, listening to the birds sing, being present...it feels so good.

"Holy, holy, holy, the earth is filled with His glory!"

"This is my Father's world, the birds their carols raise. The morning light, the lily white, declare their Maker's praise."

"Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love. Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the dark of doubt away. Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day.  All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and heaven reflect Thy rays; stars and angels sing around Thee, center of unbroken praise."

We've all heard that "no two snowflakes are exactly alike," but did you ever stop to think that no two people are exactly alike either? No two flowers, no two leaves, no two chickens no two rocks, no two blades of grass, no two apples... The vast creative power of God stares us in the face every day, in everything.
 The complexity of your body, intricate and unique, is just a marvel. The more I learn, the more I just bow my heart in worship to our amazing God whose ways and thoughts, as He Himself tells us, "are higher than ours."
My heart says with the psalmist:"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it."

Open your eyes to this beauty around you today. On the one hand, beauty isn't necessary; not as food or water or air is necessary. But on the other hand, we can be moved to deeper, greater praise when we see all that God has made "for His own glory, and for us to enjoy." It shows us who God is- incomprehensible, powerful, limitless, pure, lovely, and so much more. And then we see His love in His sustainance of His world and our own lives.
Beautiful indeed.

I feel so much gratitude to just be alive.
I am so thankful for the people in my life.
I am so grateful for a new day.
I am thankful when I get to wake up next to my husband, when I see my children with their crazy hair and sleepy smiles when they come downstairs, and when I wake up to sunshine.
I am so grateful for the love and forgivness bestowed on me by a gracious Saviour, for the true freedom I live in that can only come from Him.
I am thankful for healing, and energy, and hope.
"This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it."



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