every morning I wake up and thank God for another day, I thank Him for his Grace and Mercy in allowing me the blessing of another one because I am fully aware that I did not have to survive the night.
I wake up appreciative, positive and grateful. I wake up knowing in my heart and soul that God has said to me that His work in me and my work for Him is not complete yet. waking up any other way is not something that I can comprehend well, I just don't get how some people wake up and one of the first things out of their mouths is something negative. how do they not know that it is a wonderful blessing to be here yet another day.
something as small as a genuine compliment makes me smile or someone doing something for me because they feel that it would be a help to me to do it makes me appreciate them even more. especially when I know they did it out of purity and just to help me because they see, hear or sense that I needed the help. that to me is a beautiful thing and makes me happy.
someone asked me how I like my new apartment and I was about to say something negative in my answer but couldn't because the bottom line is that I really enjoy it, the view, the area, the beauty in His creation. all of the things that I saw as negative are honestly not so negative because all of it works in His plan for me and my family.
lately I have not been getting enough rest, so I've been really tired, exhausted actually. but I still have to get up every morning and do what I have to do; go to work, come home and take care of my family, go to church and socialize from time to time. I have quite the commute every day too and from work and I've had a couple of near misses where the end result could have been tragic but God has protected me each way each day. so every morning when I wake up I am grateful. death is all around me, family, friends and acquaintances dying some suddenly and some from prolonged illnesses. life is short and the next year, month, day or minute is not promised so I have to be thankful when He keeps me another day.
if you don't wake up every morning thanking God for another day then you need to question a few things; your relationship with God, who you are in Him and who He is in you and who you are as a person that you can find no good in the first opening of your eyes, in the first 30 minutes of your day. in that asking also dig into how you were raised/programmed as a child because as much as you hate to admit it your upbringing has so much to do with your current.
every morning when I wake up I thank God!
peace and blessings wonderfully awesome people!
