Early Morning Pick Me Up.
Today, I woke a few minutes before my run to get my head screwed on straight. I mean come on when you wake up at 5:20 what is the big deal waking up at 5. Really is 20 minutes more sleep all that helpful?
20 minutes early to just breath deep, pray, lay my day at the one who made me. Quakers call it “centering down”. Dang new agers co-opted the term and now you say that and people think you are chanting omes or something. For the past few months I have been up early, running, listening to worship music and praying all throughout my run, but it just isn’t the same as taking the first 10 minutes before your do anything else to sit still and listen…lay it all down before you ever pick it all up.
I have a fun day planned and a neat Advent activity. The kids are settling down, I am settling down, life is good, all is well, cinnamon is simmering on the stove….You’d almost think it is getting close to Christmas around here.
Peace to all who need to “center down” today!
