Best way to start the day!

Ok....so along with living in the Dominican Republic, which I believe is one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and having the privilege of meeting the kindest, most grateful families to serve, I also have the fortune of attending a truly God loving church.  And the icing on THAT cake is we have a sweet Women's Bible Study.  We are studying a book now called, "What Happens When Women say Yes to God" by Lysa Terkeurst.  But don't let the word "Women" stop you from continuing reading this or the book!  It's true for all of us!

I wanted to share one of my favorite parts (so far anyway).  It is the prayer that she says EVERY MORNING before her feet hit the floor.

         God, I want to see You.  God, I want to hear you.  God, I want to know you.  God, I want to follow hard after you.  And before I even know what I will face today, I say yes to you.

Now I absolutely love this prayer.  BUT, I and I am sure most of you are so guilty of just mumbling the words and not TRULY meaning them.  So for myself I break it down sentence by sentence to remind myself that I am talking to the Creator of this Universe.

God, I want to see you.....in every face of every person I meet, in the eyes of a child and in the beauty of the world.

 

God, I want to hear you.....in the fears of a mother's voice, the cries for help, in the sounds of laughter and in songs of praise.

 

God, I want to know you.  I want to know what makes you happy, how you want me to live my life, what plans you have for me.  The  way I can do this is by praying and listening and by studying the Scripture so I know what pleases you.

 

 

God, I want to follow hard after YOU....not after the TEMPTATIONS of the WORLD....but after YOU!

And even before I know what today brings.....I will say YES to You!   If you ask me to GIVE AWAYS all my POSSESSIONS, give a CHILD a HOME, FACE my worse FEARS, LOVE the UNLOVABLE, FORGIVE the UNFORGIVABLE,
LEAVE my SECURITY.... NO MATTER WHAT!   JUST as YOU did for ME!  And because I LOVE you that much!