Facing the Morning Together

It is morning.

With a yawn and a stretch,

I amble down the stairway

in my sock feet

to offer my morning greetings

to the children.

My daughter’s alarm

blares its methodically obnoxious

but ineffectual reveille.

Flicking on the light,

I sit bouncing on the bed beside her,

pressing her cheeks into a “squishy face”,

singing a silly impromptu song.

Her eyes open in confusion,

moving rapidly here and there,

squinting, unseeing,

until, 
with the beginnings of awareness

and slowly increasing comprehension,

they rest upon my face.

… a wane smile, “G’mrningmm…mmom”

My son, buried head-to-toe

in thick blankets,

meets my welcome with a groan,

smacking of dry lips

and a deep sigh.

He rolls over

mumbling incoherently.

Flicking on the light,

I sit bouncing on the bed beside him,

pressing his cheeks into a “squishy face”,

singing a silly impromptu song.

His mouth forms the hint of a smile,

taking with it the corners of his eyes.

...“G’mrningmm…mmom”

Sluggish, unwilling eyelids

flutter, fighting to acclimate,

until, 
with the beginnings of awareness

and slowly increasing comprehension,

they rest upon my face.

It is morning.

I feel myself awakening

to the awareness

of God’s quiet whisper of hope,

the assurance of His sovereignty,

the promises recorded in His word.

Reluctantly, the eyes of my heart

flutter, fighting to acclimate,

until,
with the beginnings of awareness

and slowly increasing comprehension,

they rest upon His Face.

“In the morning, O Lord,

You will hear my voice;

in the morning I will order my prayer to You

and eagerly watch.”

~Psalm 5:3

“For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro

throughout the earth

that He may strongly support those

whose heart is completely His.”

~II Chronicles 16:9

“I pray that the eyes of your heart

may be enlightened,

so that you will know

what is the hope of His calling,

what are the riches of the glory

of His inheritance in the saints,

and what is the surpassing greatness

of His power toward us who believe.”

~Ephesians 1:18,19

“Seek first His kingdom

and His righteousness,

and all these things will be added to you.”

~Matthew 6:33