February 22 ... Awaken With Him

Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning...

Psalm 143:8

If we awaken

                 just as the sun is rising,

                 we miss the loving gentleness

                                                  of its soft pink rays.

If we arise and start the day

                 with only the white brightness,

                 we miss the sun's first glowing

                                                  and warming of the day.

If we just walk with Jesus

                 along our busy way,

                 arising as the day has long begun,

We miss that gentle, loving time

                 that He has called us to.

We miss the soft caressing

                 and the quiet time.

We miss the morning whispers

                 of His love to us,

And our chance to whisper back

                 to Him, "My precious Love".

Oh, He will be there through our day

                 to give us strength along the way.

But the quiet gentleness

                 of the morning hour

                 is what fills us with His joy,

                                               and brings great delight to Him!

Psalm 143:8; 149:4-5; Hosea 2:14; John 3:29; Proverbs 10:29; Psalm 119:147; Proverbs 8:34