coffee+morning=reflection

i love that i have a quiet house in the morning. Its always calm and i can just make the world stop for a little while. i enjoy having a part of the day where i can just stop and think. All to often i think we get too caught up in the day to day of our lives and we forget to just stop. Everything seems to be more important or pressing for our time......and thats when we forget. We forget that its not our time and nothing is actually in our control. God is entirely at work and holding the time and our lives in his hands. Thats why i like mornings, i can sit with my bible, some coffee or tea, and my thoughts. It helps me to reflect, just being still and quiet. Often when i take time to reflect i see all of the things that God has been working in my life, and its then that i truly start to realize, God is so good to me. It helps me to see the depth of his grace and how its working in my life. When i know that God is guiding me in  my life and protecting me, it helps me be at peace, and being at peace with myself and God is a good way to start my day.  

Isaiah 52:1-3

Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again. Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.  For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed."