Wow! Week 11! We are on the home stretch of this study. Only three more weeks, and this Hello Mornings! Study will be complete. There seemed to be such a slow moving start to the study that I find it hard to believe we are nearing the end.
With the initial read and study of the passage (I Peter 4:1-11), there seems to be so much to wrap my brain around and process, yet I am excited about what is there for me to glean this week. Today I especially appreciated verse 11.
". . . If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things might be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen."
I am at a point, where I sense a particular opportunity opening and yet, I hesitate - should I really do this? can I do this? I know that I can work in the ability God has given me, and commit the results to Him!
One practical aspect to the routine of this Hello Mornings Challenge has been the habit of clearing my desk. I know that ladies often comment about doing their morning Bible study in their favorite chair or sitting comfortably on the sofa. I have found if I am too comfortable, it is way to easy for me fall asleep again once I am settled in for my study and prayer time. That combined with that fact that I have been using some computer resources in my study (depending on how much time is available before I need to face the more urgent matters of the day), I have been sitting at my desk for my morning study time. One day sort of by accident, I discovered a new way to make my approach to this early morning habit a joy. I had gotten my desk fairly well cleared of pressing projects, and it was looking rather neat, so on a whim as I went to bed I put my study notebook and Bible out front and center of my desk work area. The next morning, as I approached my desk for study, there they sat ready and waiting to greet me. What a grand feeling it was! What a great way to start my morning and a great encouragement to me to actually sit and do my study!
And so was born a new habit and an addition (and motivation) to my evening routine. I am still working to make this step a solidly consistent part of my evening routine, but the days I do, the reward is the happy greeting of "I am ready for you" the next day when I sit to study.
