Good Monday Morning!
There are two things I love about mornings.
One is my coffee!
I loooove coffee.
I love the smell and the taste of coffee.
I love waking up in the morning knowing I’m going
to have a cup (or should I say several cups).
It seriously makes me happy!
I guess you could say I crave it.
But truthfully it’s just coffee and it doesn’t do anything to benefit me.
Yes the caffeine does help me wake up but that’s about it.
Could I live without it? Yes. Do I want to? No.
The second thing I love about mornings is spending time reading God’s word.
The more I read it the more I crave it.
Sometimes my flesh gets in the way and I let other things distract me.
But I know that reading scripture benefits me in more ways than I could ever imagine.
Can I live without it? No. Do I want to? Definitely not!
Today I’m going to spend some time savoring His word and
sipping some coffee knowing that His word is the only thing that can truly satisfy.
So what is it that you crave in the mornings?
Do you sometimes struggle finding time to spend reading His word?
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Hey Shelley
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. I loved your comment, especially being authentic. I may talk about that in a future post! 🙂 I want to be authentic as a pastors wife. It’s so important!
Have a great week!
BLessings,
Cyndi
I have to say I consume much more coffee in the morning than I do the Word. I have trouble getting up early, before the kids are awake and I am off to my full time job. But since I work at the House of Prayer, I am often in the Prayer Room, meditating on scripture throughout the day. But I do long for the discipline of the morning. I keep setting that alarm!!
Coffee is definitely part of my morning routine…ALWAYS!! I am trying so hard to make God’s word a part of my morning routine as well. I find that when I spend time in my bible each morning that every part of my day seems easier. The days when I miss (usually b/c I can’t get out of bed) everything is so much harder. Just have to get into the habit of going to bed earlier so that I can get up early & have time alone in my bible! 🙂
Your morning routine is almost identical to mine!
I am not a coffee drinker but appreciate the love my dear friends have for it. But I do love spending time in the Word! 🙂
Oh friend…I SO loved seeing your sweet face this morning. Truth be told, it won’t be much longer and I’ll be wearing sweatshrts. lol
I TOO love coffee…and spending time with HIM!! God’s been dealing with my heart lately about the quality of my time..verses the quantity. I so easily can slip into the performance role…and I don’t want to have that type of relationship with him; I’d rather CRAVE him……. 🙂
Have a BLESSED week….and I’m praying for a quick and easy (as easy as can be) birth your precious grandbaby.
Kim~
I love drinking my coffee and reading the Word. It’s a great way to start the morning! But there are times when I struggle to read the Bible with understanding. I have to pray for God to help me focus my attention and open my eyes to the wonderful things in His law. Great encouragement for today, Cyndi!
Oh I agree with you 100% – I am blessed to have a ‘coffee fairy’ who pre-sets the coffee machine the night before so that I can wake up to the smell of coffee and a good strong cup first thing in the morning. I love my coffee fairy.
I also LOVE my early morning read. And yes it’s hard not to be distracted with e-mail and facebook and blogger – but when I get to it – it’s the most rewarding time for me.
This morning I read from James – and this is my verse for the week:
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does”. James 1:22-25
As a pastors wife my challenge is always to be authentic – and I NEED no I CRAVE authenticity in my life which only comes as I CRAVE the Word.
Thanks for the encouragement today,
Blessings
Shelley