A Grumpy Start...Lord, Have Your Way In Me!

I didn't sleep well last night. I love my sleep, so restlessness is not a fun way to get up on a Saturday morning. You would think with my husband finally being home that I would sleep like a baby but I tossed and turned all night, felt achy and woke up with a sore throat and stuffy nose. Ugh! I really don't have time for that! I trekked downstairs to the couch so I wouldn't wake Matt. An all night flight the night before didn't produce a lot of sleep for him and I was hoping at least one of us would sleep.

I tried to fall back asleep on the couch but that didn't work either so I decided that was just the nudge I needed to spend some extra time with the Lord. Well the temperature outside was already nearing 85 degree heat index at that obscene time on a Saturday morning so my porch time was not looking good either. By this time, my attitude was starting to sour. Ok, it wasn't starting to sour; it was full blown sour at this point. Yes, yes, all the more reason I needed to get with Jesus!

Sometimes you just have to think outside the box. (And by "box" here I mean my bad attitude and grumpiness). So I found a fan, made my cup of coffee, grabbed my Bible and headed out to the porch. In all honesty, my grouchiness didn't go away as soon as I sat down and opened my Bible. Not even after I read a few passages. It took some praying and confessing this complaining spirit that even made me wrinkle my nose at myself. Shew!!

Oh, but those times when you get real and honest before God and allow Him to peel back those ugly layers of selfishness and apply the ointment of His Word to your raw places.....

It was just the soothing balm needed to turn that grumpiness into a time of praise and worship to the One who is so worthy! Once I allowed Him to overtake my thoughts and really grasp His Word, we had some sweet time together. He is such a good Father!

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.”

Proverbs 17:22 NLT

“He must increase, but I must decrease.”

John 3:30 NKJV

I don't know where you are on this Saturday morning. Maybe you woke up on cloud 9 or maybe you tossed and turned on the wrong side of the couch like I did, but we can truly begin this day in the Word of God and allow Him to move us right where we need to be. A little less of us and A LOT more of HIM!! He is so faithful and His mercies over me are endless! Praise HIM!! Happy Saturday all!!

“The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.”

Lamentations 3:22-26 NLT