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She gets up while it is still dark... (Proverbs 31:15)
Anyone, everyone who knows me knows that I don't get up while it is still dark! I am a night owl who loves to sleep in!
Yesterday, I got up early to send my high schooler out the door. I just can't fathom him getting up, ready and out the door all by himself. It seems so lonely. Usually when the send-off is done, I crawl back into my cozy bed, pull the covers up around my ears and fall quickly back to sleep. Another hour of bliss!
But is it?
Yesterday I didn't go back to bed. I stayed up, read my Bible, prayed in peaceful solitude for my son at school and my other kids still asleep in their beds. By the time they finally got up, I already had savored my morning coffee.
I didn't stumble through the morning routine, cereal box, milk, spoon, "here you go." Instead, I poured the cereal and milk, set them on the table and asked "how'd you sleep?" "Are you ready for the day?" Relaxed, leisurely time with my precious kids.
Proverbs 31 sets the standard for the "ideal woman." God's best plan. I'm not likely to purchase a field and plant vineyards (v. 16) or make and sell linen garments (v. 24). At least not literally. Based on how the morning went, though, I think waking while it "is still dark" is a pretty good idea!
How about you?
When do you get up?
How do you prepare for your day? your family?
2 comments:
As late as possible. Confession: I never was good at arising early and spending time w/ God...once the coffee gets my brain going, I'm fine ... when I had kids at home, I def was up early to see them off to school, without fail. But God had to wait til the school bus left! )-:
Hey Karen,
Love your blog. You make a good point. No matter what time we get up it is always a better morning when we start it in prayer and spending time with God. Have a blessed weekend!
Kim Lee
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