Morning and Evening

Rushing.
Delaying.
Reaching.
Stressing.
Pressing.
Collapsing.

Not the best way to spend your morning.
 
Complaining.
Quitting.
Counting.
Arguing.
Grumbling.
Procrastinating.
Working.
 
Not the best way to spend your evening.

In a tail spin of activity, I am reminded that the way that I spend my mornings and evenings determines the culture of my days and nights. When my morning hosts prayer, purpose, and intentionality, it pours over my whole day like a pitcher of brewed tea prepared for enjoyment. When my evenings hosts connection, reflection and rest, it undergirds my nights like a soundtrack designed for renewal.  On the other hand, when my morning and evening rhythms are clouded, noisy, disorganized, or lost,  my personal culture feels quite the same - clouded, disorganized, noisy, and lost.
 
One very simple way to get your life back from a spinning disorientation is to re-order your morning and evening routines. This is your invitation, yours and mine:

• How do you want to spend your mornings?
• How do you want to spend your evenings?
• What is keeping you from either or both?

 
When the sun peaks up over the horizon at the break of day or bids us farewell at its closing, it is an announcement of prime time. How we utilize that prime time sets the tone for the other time we have. Days and nights are both designed to be gifts, but how we approach them instructs them on how to approach us. 

Grab a Pen: Write out your desired morning and evening routines. Dream with God. Scale it back (if needed) to something realistic and attainable. Push-restart on your morning and evening routine this week.

Let's do this!
 
Katie Luse