What do you do when your night's sleep is over at 4:00 a.m.? It seems our Golden Retriever sleeps during the hot days in the house and then by 3:30 a.m. he is ready to play. He goes out of the bedroom and picks up his bone and brings it back on my side of the bed and drops it. Most of the time the sound wakes me up but if it does not he starts a sigh. First in low tone and then gets louder. If you don't address it, he goes into a low bark, then louder and louder.
You see my problem is that when my eyes open at that hour, my ADHD mind begins processing the day, so even if I put the dog outside, my night is over. I begin going over my "To Do" list in my head and what needs to be done first, second, and so on.
This morning at 4:15 a.m. I went outside and sat in the rocking chair, petting and brushing one of our other dogs, listened to the whip-or-will call for its mate, heard the rooster next door forget it was the middle of the night and begin crowing, and finally feel the cool 67 degree breeze sweep across the porch.
Upon going back in the house and sitting on the couch, the Golden Retriever jumped up on my lap (yes, our 70 lb. lap dog) and promptly went back to sleep. Since he has me trained for this event, I take the quiet time to talk with the Lord.
As I mentioned about my adventures last week, my reflection is on God's Favor. No we still do not have that big order we have been waiting for, but in retrospect, God's Favor was all over the trip. To be five minutes to thirty minutes ahead of five destructive tornadoes in six cities demonstrated God's Favor over my every move.
So God's Favor does not have to be a new job making a ton on money, or a new house, or car, or health but instead it is being aware that in a personal relationship with God know that He watches over you every hour of every day. So my prayer this morning was simple and to the point. First I asked the Lord to defend me over Satan and keep him away from my day's activities, health, and my family (comes from the Book of Job Chapter 1 & 2), then ask for God's Favor in His blessing the small things of today.
Please give it a try to seek God's Favor and have the Faith that He can really move mountains in your life. Once you do that, you are really ready to go after your "To Do" list.
