6:45 came earlier than it did yesterday morning. That might have something to do with how late I went to sleep… or maybe it’s some shift in the Earth’s rotation. I don’t know.
Also, someone tinkered with my radio alarm clock’s volume knob yesterday. I think maybe it reached a new decibel level… one that quite possibly shook the foundations of large buildings in St. Louis. I wouldn’t go up in the Arch anytime soon if I were you.
Anyway, the alarm went off. The music blared. I turned it down… then stayed in bed till 7. When I finally awoke, I postponed my oh-so-spiritual plans of doing devotions long enough to make my man lunch. Oh yeh, I’m rocking the good-wife thing today. Actually… well no. I must confess that while I made his ham and cheese wrap, I begrudgingly gave him one of my treasured Nina’s Tortillas [from Dumas, TX] and judged him for wanting processed cheese wrapped in plastic… which really tastes just like the cheese does. Also… I nagged him about bottled water.
But forget all of that. I woke up, made him lunch and kissed him goodbye. See: Good wife behavior.
Next I made a terrible error in my path to morning devotions. I sat down at my computer. Which means I checked my email, blogs, daily sites not worth reading… and started a research project… I do that sometimes… randomly.
My growling stomach caught my attention. I made a PBJ sandwich and a cup of coffee. [Using my Aeropress... you needed to know that]
Finally, I sat down in my ‘thinking chair’ and read Psalm 4 in Wood’s book. Meanwhile, Jeremiah woke up. I convinced him that he needed to read his Bible or a devotional and journal before playing video games. See… I’m rocking the good-mom thing too. He seemed a little suspicious of seven year olds having to journal in the morning. But I convinced him that it’s a fantabulous idea. I asked him, can you be the world’s strongest man by exercising once a week? No. OK then, you can’t become an awesome man of God by only reading your Bible on Sundays. This line of reasoning worked perfectly. I also convinced him that all the cool guys in my school wish they would have started journaling when they were seven. Surely that’s true… right? Don’t you wish you had notebooks filled with weather reports, pictures of airplanes and overly erased, carefully written explanations of what God was teaching you in the second grade. Of course you do.
The journal goes like this:
Date on top corner of page.
Room to draw a relevant picture.
Topic of reading or scripture reference.
What Jeremiah learned.
How he will put it in practice today.
If it works out, we’ll put some of his writing on his website. JeremiahMaxwell.com – Newly redesigned.
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Ok back to my morning. I came back to my computer once again and read a sweet comment from Beth. Then Rachel called. Yay!
She shared what she had read in the Bible today which cut right through me. She asked me some hard questions too. I love her. Everyone needs a friend like that. It’s occasionally painful, but always helpful. Thanks, Rach!
Oh, and then we prayed together. I love that too. I used to be uncomfortable with phone prayers. Back in high school, I called my youth leader when a friend died. She prayed with me on the phone… I thought that a little odd. When our restaurant closed, I quickly figured out which friends would pray with me when I called them… I then called them A LOT. Having gained a new appreciation for phone prayers, I still didn’t think it was something I myself would be practicing. No reason really… well except for the self-consciousness of it all. [And maybe the worry that possibly the phone call was being recorded for quality assurance purposes.]
Also this morning: The ESV Bible Blog linked to some helpful info on memorizing large chunks of scripture. Which is… well helpful. I’ve been wanting to do that. I spent so much time memorizing poetry in high school, maybe I should spend some time memorizing the Bible now.
And there we go… that brings us to this point in my day. Surely it’s time for lunch by now.
