Good morning Lord!

Here I am Lord...once again, like a kid in a candy store, gazing on all the good things you provide for me.

I woke up this morning to a new day and new challenges to deal with.

I am deeply grateful for this opportunity to be alive...to shine bright as a full-blooming flower under the sun...

Equally grateful is to be talking with you...and anticipating great expectations, like a kid expecting to get a new toy...

I can't express enough my excitement for communicating with you this morning Lord!

I know I will have challenges today; maybe people who may conspire against me in thought, word, or deed. They may rise up against me in their arrogance as they plot against me...knowingly or unknowingly.

Circumstances are arranged to tempt, to distract me from my course...

But I know God that you are amused at this folly, their self-absorbed pride and self proclaimed greatness.

Their self-proclaimed glory is only but a moment...no one is great forever; earthly greatness lasts but only but a moment...

And a moment later, it is gone, forgotten.

Lord, this a lesson for all of us: that our self-absorbed greatness is only momentary, fleeting.

But your love and support for us is the true treasure that lasts beyond a lifetime...

I realize it this as I set to make inroads in my life today.

I set my sights on you as I gaze with expectation for your blessings as I take refuge in you.

(from GM Evagrius)