Bible study and prayer in the morning

I was inspired a while back to try and get up early in the morning to study God's word. I used to have a quiet time everyday, but then life seemed to get in the way. And when that happens I tend to start trying to do things on my own strength without asking for God's help...and it is always a disaster where I find myself humbled and running as fast as I can back into the arms of my God to help me with whatever I have seriously screwed up.

I have to say, I thought getting up at 5am was going to be horrible, not that I haven't done it before, and not that getting up at 5:30am is much different. I actually find now that I am waking up at 4:30am in anticipation of the alarm going off. I haven't made the jump to get up that early yet, but maybe I should.

I am able to have about an hour of quiet time in the morning now, just reading God's word and praying and readying myself for the day. I feel stronger, not tired, more energetic. Words that I rarely would use to describe myself before these past weeks. And a big one, happy! It's so much better when I am happy, obvious statement right? I think that it is a joint effort between reading God's word, and God providing the enormous amount of sunshine that I have seen in the past few weeks. There is something about waking up with the sun streaming in the windows that makes it that much easier to climb out of bed.

So what will happen once it is cold and snowy again? Well, I'm hoping that I can continue to get up, and that God will give me the strength to endure the very very very long winter that Maine has to offer...does anyone else have an issue with snow in April? Just curious ;-) Anyways, I am in a good place right now, and that is excellent. Life finally seems to be settling slightly, and maybe I can relax and look forward to the new adventures that will be coming hopefully soon in our lives.