It’s 6am and the sun has not come up yet. My wife and kids are still sleeping. It is very still, except for the sound of the furnace waking up. I wonder what the day will hold?
Father, help me take everything in this day and use it as an act of worship to you. I want to do more than just get things done. I want to live in prayer and worship. It is easy in the stillness of now to say this, but soon the battle will begin to get little eyes to open and little feet to move. In the rush, may my children know that I love them and, more importantly, that you love them. Then, as I stare at my long list of things that I should do today, may I see each one as an opportunity to point others to your infinite grace. May I grab hold of each opportunity and recognize the choice inherent in every moment to either rely on my smallness or to point to your greatness. May the alarm be my call to worship each day.
Amen