Every morning when I wake up

It has been 30 days since I started counting my gifts on a daily basis.  This little act of daring to live fully right where I am has become part of my morning routine.  Writing in my journal each day and reflecting on how God has blessed me is a two-fold joy -- it brings me into a closer relationship with our Father and it dispels those dark, gloomy clouds of worry that are always lurking in the deep corners of my mind.

Waking up each day with the anticipation of sending out today's Joy Dare prompt to our small group, writing in my journal, spending quiet, reflective time with the Lord, all of these prepare my heart for whatever life flings at me during the day.  There's a Facebook page; "I love it when I wake up in the morning and Barack Obama is President!"  

This is a much better thought upon waking, "I love it when I wake up in the morning secure in the knowledge that God will be with me throughout the day."