TURN AROUND

PRACTICE: Are you a morning or evening person?

I am both. Mornings are for me. In the early morning, my spirit is fortified, and my sense of purpose is defined and redefined. I find direction for the day. Evenings/night is my time for others. I need the morning preparation for the evening work. Having made a distinction between the morning me and the evening me, I have sought to put flesh on my mornings. I will tell you about evenings another time.

Mother Nature has been showing up and showing out in sunrises lately. The beauty of the colors displayed as the sun begins its daily march across the sky are magnificent. I have found myself looking at the weather app to ensure that I am on time and perfectly positioned at my “she shed” window for the mini-series, “Sunrise.”

I awakened one morning to find the sky overcast with rain clouds – not raining yet but the threat was real. It was early so I changed my routine and headed for the street in hopes the clouds would lift in time for the anticipated sunrise. That didn’t happen.

As my feet struck the pavement over and over, I focused my attention on the sky and the rain loaded clouds, praying that the heavens would not open and soak me. I clocked off one mile. As I turned to head back home following the same route that I had just walked, but still focused on the sky, something magical happened.

I had been focused on the dark clouds in front of me and had failed to notice what was happening behind. Upon turning, I discovered the sun marching toward me.

Remember, mornings are for me - evenings are for the others in my life. I am letting all of you evening people in on a secret, the sun rises every day. You may or may not see it rise, but it rises, seeing it is mostly your choice. You and I can be so singly focused on the looming problem in front of us, that we can’t feel the warmth of a solution that is always present and possibly just over our shoulder. Sometimes all that is needed is a U-turn.

A U-turn for an evening person might mean rising earlier for a season to listen to yourself think. Or the U-turn might mean a morning person assessing their actions at the end of the day to make room for few additional winks of sleep in the morning.

Romans 8:28

PONDER THIS THOUGHT--- Sometimes moving forward means turning around.