A Morning of Repose
Yesterday morning I missed the bus. As I walked out into the parking lot of my apartment complex, the bus passed by in the distance. I was glad to miss it. Since waking up that morning, I had been praying that I would have time to spend with God before going to class. Missing the bus gave me that newfound free time. I try to have devotional every morning, but it almost never happens: it’s so much easier to spend that extra 30 minutes in bed, drifting in and out of sleep than to get up and begin my morning.
After missing the bus, I went back to my apartment and spent some time in my devotional books (C.H. Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening and Oswald Chamber’s My Utmost for His Highest). As I finished Spurgeon’s morning devotional, I thought about reading my Bible, but I only had about 5 minutes and did not feel that was sufficient to read a chapter. So instead, I lay down on the floor and prayed for the remaining time. I love relaxed prayer, and I especially enjoy praying lying down. It feels so good to lay down my body, my heart, and my thoughts before God and turn everything over to Him. It’s one of my favorite ways to start out my day, yet I so rarely do it.
As another result of my sleeping in, I had also missed my opportunity for breakfast. Thankfully, between my class and work I have about a 15-minute break, so I made my way over to Einstein’s Bagels to grab some breakfast. As I made my usual purchase of an everything bagel, toasted, with plain cream cheese ($2.11), I noticed that this morning they also had low fat chocolate milk (isn’t that an oxymoron?). After some deliberation, I decided that since I was feeling tired, the chocolate milk might be a good idea. Altogether, the meal cost $3.49, which really pleased me because it was not that expensive and because it meant I didn’t get a whole lot of change for my $4 (strange how that works, isn’t it?).
After obtaining my food, I made my way out to the front of the Hub and sat on a bench outside. As I quietly ate my breakfast, I noticed how beautiful it was yesterday morning: There were two birds fluttering in the grass in front of me and chirping; the temperature was about 80 degrees; and it was too early for it to be hot. As the light shone through the trees in front of me, I was overcome with a feeling of repose; it had been a beautiful morning, I had devotions and prayer earlier and now I had another moment alone with God. As I relaxed and ate my breakfast, I silently sang praises, relaxing my body, my heart, and my mind. Praise God for such a wonderful morning!
