Song each morning
Maybe it’s because I was homeschooled and had the luxury of staying home all day, every day. But I tend to think this perspective is unique to children in general: the feeling that the days are so long and full of possibility. Every day seems new and different. When I was little, I couldn’t wait to get up in the morning. I wasn’t allowed to get up until seven. And then the excitement of the day would begin, even if it was just the same normal routine I was used to.
Now it’s often the opposite, but should it be? Even if I think I know what the day will hold – the same old dull routine – do I not have every reason to awake rejoicing? After all, think of just a few metaphors used for the Christian life – once lost, now found; once blind, now seeing; once a prisoner, now set free. If I had been truly lost for years and finally found, wouldn’t I be thankful for that fact every single day? If I had truly been blind and had miraculously received my sight, wouldn’t I just be glad to be alive? And if I really had been a prisoner sentenced to death, and now was free, wouldn’t I wake up singing freedom’s song each morning?
All of those things and more are real. It’s not “natural” to us to keep spiritual realities first in our minds – but that’s what we’re called to do (Col. 3:1-2). But these spiritual realities are powerful and should influence my life in every aspect. So tomorrow morning, when the alarm goes off, am I going to wake up in rejoicing in His new mercies, or repining because each tiny circumstance isn’t what I would wish?
Funny, that subject has been on my mine since June 30th. After I got laid off and then God gave me a new job, I kept thinking, ok, I am really greatful for this, but then when I started getting up at o’dark thirty every morning again for another same ol’ routine, I still am struggling to remember what a gift it was. I’ve started small in the mornings remembering to thank Him in my prayers, but its a work in progress to switch the “grrr… its 6:30 already” to “what a wonderful day it will be.”
I think if you dont mind, I will join you in waking up tomorrow and rejoicing! Thanks for this post!
Very good points – how easy it can be to be ungrateful and pessimistic! But the joy of the Lord overcomes everything – even in the early morning when “another day” looms.
As an aside, I love that you weren’t “allowed to get up” until 7! I was never an early riser, so that scenario seems so cute to me. 
This was a very sweet reminder to “rejoice in the Lord always.” I actually used to spend most of my days just like you described, back when I lived by myself and didn’t have all these other people around me to worry about. How much more should I now sing with true gratitude in my heart for the sake of them and especially for Him who purchased us by His blood.
Grace to you and God bless.
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Great post! I was actually just thinking about something similar today as I played with my 2 younger cousins. I’m so much more pessimistic than I was when I was a child! Don’t we just need to let God transform our minds? It’s so hard to keep everything in perspective, to not get worn down and discouraged by the daily grind of life. It’s impossible…
God bless!
Kelsey