Here I am on day 2, fingers on the keyboard, not knowing where the night will take me.
Let me start from how my day went. I woke up to a new alarm system I’ve been trying out. I have this habit of waking up on my third or fourth alarm ring and I do not like it. I am trying to build a discipline where, no matter how I feel, I have to rise up from my bed when the first alarm goes off. I have noticed that this bad waking habit becomes more established the more I do it. It is almost as if I have erected an altar to sleep as my idol, and every morning I am compelled to sacrifice to it even when it takes away from me.
My joy and hope is in One who gives the enablement to do what is right. With Him I know my victory in this is but a small thing. I love how the Holy Spirit gives more strength TO DO when one yields to the path of obedience. It is almost as if He is waiting for that effort, that partnership with Him. Then He gives more grace, more strength. The hard things becomes easier as we silence the voice of the flesh and deny it its wants.
May we always be intentional in silencing the voice of the flesh.
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