Clever

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I get up early to go to cardiac rehab. I mean really early, like 4:30 am! So, to get up early, I must get to bed early … and that’s the hard part. It seems that I always have ‘one more thing to do’ before I go to bed, so before I know it, I’m an hour late getting to bed. And 4:30 comes sooooo early! But my ophthalmologist has helped me to get to bed on time. I have a new dry eye med that I put in each eye before I go to bed. But it is viscous (like Neosporin) and when I put it into my eyes, everything is a blur. I don’t have a choice: I must to go to bed because I can’t see to do anything else! The same is true of my spiritual life. Often God must send difficulties my way to make me come to Him in prayer. Like the man who went to the hospital to have his tithe taken out. Because the man hadn’t been giving like he should have been, God had to deal with him in a stronger way. But I want the dear Lord to be able to deal with me in a kinder way, not a harsher way. Psalm 103:13, “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.” Today, may I draw close to God sooner than later, is my prayer. So, what about you?