Healthy, peaceful, Spirit-filled. If you asked my husband or my son to describe me, this is what I hope they’d say.
Anxious, frazzled, stressed out. If you asked my husband or my son to describe me, this is what they probably would say.
(Well, Little Man would probably say, “Mama!” But only because of the limitations of his 21-month old vocabulary.)
I want to start each day in His power, not my own. To wake up, reach out my hand, place it in Christ’s, and count on His power to pull me out of bed. To kneel before Him and place all my burdens at His feet, before the day has even started. To trust Him for the strength to take care of the body He’s given me. To submit my time and my plans to Him and allow Him to direct my paths.
“In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.” (Psalm 5:3)
And so…
I’ve signed up for the Hello Mornings Challenge.
Hello Mornings is a movement created by Kat over at Inspired to Action. The idea is that you commit to waking up for your children, instead of waking up with your children, and spending focused time in three areas.
God. Exercise. Planning.
Now, Kat inspires my socks off. Her Maximize Your Mornings e-book gave me a fresh vision for my mothering. I love her because she encourages us to be better for God and our families, but she doesn’t promote a perfectionist, all-or-nothing way of thinking (which is a trap that I fall into all the time). Instead, Kat encourages women to start small and focus on creating a habit.
Which is exactly what I intend to do.
I want to develop the habit of waking early, to spend time with my God and let Him transform me into the wife, mama and woman He created me to be.
One of my excuses for not getting up early has always been the darkness. Especially this time of year, when the sun doesn’t come up until, oh, 7:30-ish, it is just. so. hard. to get out of bed when it’s dark out. It just feels unnatural.
So I let a few sessions of the Hello Mornings Challenge go by without signing up. And each time, I’d think, maybe next time I’ll sign up. I’m just not ready yet.
And then I came across this passage of scripture.
“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.” (Mark 1:35)
Okay, Lord, I got the message. 
So I will count on Him to help me get up very early in the morning, while it is still dark, to go to a solitary place and pray.
I won’t do it perfectly, I won’t always do it joyfully, but I will do it.
This year, I will allow Him to develop a holy habit in me.
Do you have a fresh vision for 2012? What will you allow God to do in you and through you this year?
God bless,
Megan
