The Guantlet Has Been Thrown Down!

This morning in our Sunday School class, our teacher, Tim, told us of his personal journey (or, experiment) to change his life by getting up early each morning. By changing this one little detail of his routine, he created time for personal growth by spending time reading the Bible, praying, planning his day, and spending more quality time with his family.

Tim blogged his 30 day experiment (now on day 62!) and shared some of the amazing results with us. More importantly, Tim CHALLENGED US to do our own 30 day experiment. Getting up early is not in my genetic makeup. I am a night owl. I hate mornings and have to drag myself out of bed (after several snooze button presses) and stumble through my morning shower, etc. How on earth can a human read the Bible or pray so early in the morning?

But I am determined to seek God and His will for my life, to know His commandments, to memorize scripture, and to draw into a closer relationship with my Savior. I have put this off for too long, trying to find a comfortable way to squeeze God into my daily routine. It simply doesn't work consistently. I've always been jealous of friends who spring out of bed when the alarm goes off and are able to have a leisurely morning, including a 'quiet time'. God must have blessed them with the correct genetic wiring for such feats of alertness.

For this experiment to work for me, God is going to have to pull off a miracle along par with the burning bush or walking on water. So, rather than establish huge personal goals that will only lead to more failure, I'm only going to set one goal (thank you Tim for this wise advice).

MY GOAL: For the next 30 days, I'm going to get up at 5:00 a.m. (ouch, that even hurt just to type it!).

I'll let you know how this works, or actually, how God works in my new routine. I don't know what I'm going to learn or how this will affect me. I am simply throwing myself out of my comfort zone and asking God to be my parachute. I pray that He will honor my commitment and allow me to share some very special time with Him.