by Otonye Inwang
I love the unadulterated feeling I have the first minute I open my eyes each morning- before the role call of my responsibilities begin, before the slideshow of my to-do list starts playing in my head. I truly love mornings.
Mornings signify new beginnings, fresh starts, resets… they’re simply beautiful. As the sun hits the earth and God’s mercies are released anew, my love for life is rekindled. Mornings offer fresh opportunities to live life by the rhythms God placed in the world inside your heart, not by the dictates of the world around you.
Mornings are energizing. With them come a new zest for life. Like fresh bread, the aroma of the morning invites you to delve into the day fully and enjoy each bite as the clock ticks. Like coffee, each morning pumps you with enough energy to face the day and all that it brings. The first breath of air you take in as you wake reminds you that as you set your heart to receive each day with gladness, you further unwrap the great gift from The Father -that is life. Life is truly a gift, you see, yours is not any less.
Mornings are proof that you can rise again. The sun that you see rising in the morning bowed out the day before. Life is in phases; the fact that we bow out of sight today does not mean that we will not rise as high as mountains tomorrow. Seedtime and harvest exist, remember? There’s a season to be sown; a reason to be…indeed because you are taking root; there’s a season to fall to the ground and die so that we might break forth and emerge better and stronger than before; and there is a season to rise out of obscurity into prominence. Mornings are a representation of this truth- that you can and will rise and shine.
Mornings set order. They set the tone for the rest of the day. We seize the day by seizing the morning. What we do with the first minutes of the day shapes the way the entire day goes.
So, what do you with your mornings? What can you do in the morning to steer the day in the right direction? Here’s one thing you can do – morning talk. Yes, speak to yourself every morning. Declare your heart song to yourself and to the earth. It is so easy for us to get drowned in the deadlines, the projects, the work undone, that we lose touch with the sound God placed in us – your heart song and purpose.
In the equation that is life, the days are the variables and you are the constant. Speaking your heart song to yourself and the earth keeps you from wobbling. It ensures that you stay grounded in righteousness, steadfast and immovable and “stuck” with your confession of faith.
Mornings are opportunities to shape your life. Don’t waste them.