I am taking a personal challenge to connect with God for 30
minutes for 30 days. After a long night of Ashton’s monitor having a major malfunction
and beeping all night, and Mia having a nightmare about alligators and sharks,
I was very tired. The last thing I wanted to do was get out of bed at 5:50 to
start my commitment of 30 minutes focused on God, without distraction. However,
in the stillness of the dark I felt God leading me, telling me you can do it
and it will be worth it. I rose up, went straight to the kettle, made hot tea,
and spent a few minutes listening to loud worship music and walking around my
living room. It worked; I had woken up my body and my soul. I was ready. I dove
into the word, and felt God surrounding me and even giving me joy for a Monday.
What Joy for a Monday, does anyone else think that this is almost impossible?
However, God did it; he honored my time and perseverance and gave me such a
gift of Joy for this Monday. I woke up made homemade blueberry muffins, which for
me is a miracle in it itself. I lit candles, and when my family woke up, I said,
do you know what today is, it is Monday and God is going to give us joy today. In
Psalm 1 God tells us, that people who seek him and his word are like trees
planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never
wither and they prosper in all they do. I am thankful for God in my life, and
that today he made me a tree that had much fruit to bear for me and my family.