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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

What Kind of Morning-Person Are You?





(whole precious page below)

I wish I was a 'don't-hit-snooze!' morning person, but I'm not.
I tell myself hitting snooze helps prepare me 
to crawl out of that big, black hole of cozy oblivion,
 but it is in reality a bit of a lazy habit I intend to break! 
Keep me accountable, okay??😅💓


Also I am a 'coffee-before-talky-please' person
which I have no inclination to change...


Another gorgeous day well on its way...
'God, guide and keep'🙏



Across dawn’s slumber-heavy world alarm clocks buzz and beep
As drowsy bodies are uncurled and startled from sweet sleep
Some hit new day’s ground running, others stumble to a cup
Of fresh brewed tea or java, yawning, stretching, waking up

Some celebrate cognizance with verbose vigor, some groan
Some at best, muster unintelligible monotone
Some leap like fleet gazelles, while others hit snooze and deflate
For ten more minutes before it is time to acclimate

…to ‘night is done!! awake, awake, it’s time to rise and shine’
For today is a-wasting like a flower on time’s vine
Dreamlands jolt to reality beneath unfolding skies
Where duty calls and bumper-to-bumper traffic replies

Blink-blink, morning turns pink, as slumber’s blanket dissipates
Some sing for joy, some suffer pain and sorrow’s testing weights🙏🙏😥
Some exercise, some wise in their own eyes don’t think to pray
Some do; but all share in the common ground we call Today

© Janet Martin

This hymn, learned  when I was a child,
helped to shape a lifelong, holy habit!!




Lyrics by Mary A. Kidder

  1. Ere you left your room this morning,
    Did you think to pray?
    In the name of Christ our Savior,
    Did you sue for loving favor,
    As a shield today?
    • Refrain:
      Oh, how praying rests the weary!
      Prayer will change the night to day;
      So when life seems dark and dreary,
      Don’t forget to pray.
  2. When you met with great temptation,
    Did you think to pray?
    By His dying love and merit,
    Did you claim the Holy Spirit
    As your guide and stay?
  3. When your heart was filled with anger,
    Did you think to pray?
    Did you plead for grace, my brother,
    That you might forgive another
    Who had crossed your way?
  4. When sore trials came upon you,
    Did you think to pray?
    When your soul was bowed in sorrow,
    Balm of Gilead did you borrow
    At the gates of day?

As regular visitors may guess, I am reading
the beautiful book of Isaiah right now!
Today's reading included this portion-






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