Wake up to Him

I am not a morning person.  I want to be.  I have always wanted to.  The challenge for me is setting the tone.  See, I can wake up to my alarm, even ahead of it.  But I would tarry (spell snooze) to make it just in time.  I am rarely late to anywhere.  Except to my own set time.  I can get up real early only to end up sluggish as I rarely call it a day until 12 midnight.  So really, what I want to achieve is to wake up with the sun (or earlier as needed), get through the day full of energy, and mellow out to sleeping early enough to get enough sleep.  And out of all of my trials and errors, I have every reason to bet on waking up to Him as the most potent elixir.

This week and this blog, then, will be devoted to cultivating this habit.  And more!

To outline my action plan:

  1. Sleep before 11 pm
  2. Wake up AND get up at 5:30 am
  3. Pray and Give Thanks, inhale, exhale, stretch
  4. Drink water
  5. Shower, drink water
  6. Read His Word and Praise Him
  7. Breakfast, finish drinking 1 bottle of water
  8. Affirm
  9. List and/or start work and priorities for the day
  10. Believe

By 7 am, head out to work for His glory 🙂

Morning playlist:

To be continued…

Day 2

She naps at about the same time as yesterday.  Good.  Hope this one becomes a routine.  When was the last time we had a routine, anyway?  I was the happiest mama when after bathing her around noontime, she’d nap straight away, sometimes while still being toweled.  Ah, sweet.  These moments are priceless.  Everyone should seriously consider having children.

Day 2 is all about reinforcing what’s started on Day 1 and adding at least one more.  I will tell you what’s up on Day 21, now that’s a clue.

Ephesians 3:20

Now all glory to God who is able, according to His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.