Good Morning!

[Willowbirch]

Awake, my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise,
To pay thy morning sacrifice.

Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart,
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who all night long unwearied sing
High praise to the eternal King.

Direct, control, suggest, this day,
All I design, or do, or say,
That all my powers, with all their might,
In Thy sole glory may unite.


(more verses, and the tune:)  http://junior.apk.net/~bmames/ht0472_.htm

What a lovely hymn to start the day...Christian music artist Steve Green has a song based on this hymn, his "Doxology"...

Been thinking how nice it is to be going about my daily duties today...

[Shylynne]

RECALL WHAT GOD REMEMBERS

     I remember ... the devotion of thy youth.

     Jeremiah 2:2
     
Am I as spontaneously kind to God as I used to be, or am I only expecting God to be kind to me? Am I full of the little things that cheer His heart over me, or am I whimpering because things are going hardly with me? There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes. It is a great thing to think that Jesus Christ has need of me - "Give Me to drink." How much kindness have I shown Him this
past week? Have I been kind to His reputation in my life?

God is saying to His people - You are not in love with Me now, but I remember the time when you were - "I remember...the love of thine espousals." Am I as full of the extravagance of love to Jesus Christ as I was in the beginning, when I went out of my way to prove my
devotion to Him? Does He find me recalling the time when I did not care for anything but Himself? Am I there now, or have I become wise over loving Him? Am I so in love with Him that I take no account of where I go? or am I watching for the respect due to me; weighing how much service I ought to give?

If, as I recall what God remembers about me, I find He is not what Heused to be to me, let it produce shame and humiliation, because that shame will bring the godly sorrow that works repentance.

http://www.heartlight.org/devotionals/my_utmost