Like a gust of wind…

It’s like a big gust of wind that comes out of thin air…a wind that takes you by the most pleasant surprise.  It’s a perfect temperature, not too strong and not too subtle, but at the same time more powerful than you’ve ever felt.  It comes with an instant covering of joy.  The Psalms say, “Joy will come in the morning.”  Scripture that many of us have heard time after time in scripture that more often than not blows past us like wind, left unnoticed.

The morning has never been one of my best friends, yet at the same time it’s one of the most amazing times of day for me.  Honestly, I love to sleep…I literally get excited to go to bed at night!  Reasons being, I just love it and also because my Father simply dreams with me.  And while I love to sleep, I get overjoyed at the first sign of being awakened in the morning, which brings me to the big gust of wind.  Seriously, I can’t help but wake up every morning with an overwhelming thankfulness and joy that Jesus is Lord of my life. I don’t know how else to explain it other than a wind that takes me by the most pleasant surprise.  I can truthfully say I wake up with the joy of the Lord every morning.

You see, it’s all a choice and I don’t have it down pat.  I still have a choice to wake up, soak up the joy of the Lord and carry it with me for the rest of the day.  Or I can soak it up for a few moments and then leave it on the pillow for tomorrow.

It sounds ridiculous, but we seem to do it all the time.  What if your spouse woke up one morning and gave you an amazing gift?  Would you love it and then leave it on your bed and revisit it the next morning?  Most likely not.  You would marvel in it for the whole day, be lit up in a new way and carry a smile with you that would be contagious to others…a smile that others couldn’t help but ask where it came from.

I don’t wake up first thing in the morning, start singing and jump right out of bed….no, not even close.  I’m not trying to make you think I am this perfect angel in the morning.  It takes me a few minutes to open my eyes and it takes me even longer to start moving and talking.  But in the midst of all that, joy is covering me.  A new joy is beginning to become a part of who I will be that day, and when I have finally grasped the presence of that Joy, that is when I decide to carry it with me.  How often do we really do this?  How often do we really decide to carry this joy with us to work, school, the gym or even our living room?  I pray that we would forever hear this scripture and hold it close to our heart, and pour it out every day!  It does not cost a dime and it could be more valuable than any amount of money we make throughout the day.

It’s funny; I have never been a real morning person.  Ask my Mom; she has definitely seen the worst of it in the past!   Consistently though for the past 5 or so months, I can honestly say that there have been very few times that I have awakened without this joy, actually not accepting of this joy because it’s always there.  You see, God gives us joy in the morning, new mercies every morning, but will we accept them?  He loves to give His children gifts, but He refuses to shove them down our throats…hence, why they are called gifts.  Will we grab a hold of this gift tomorrow morning?

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