Rise, Shine and...

I just saw a sidebar Ebay add that disappointed me a little bit.

When it started out I didn’t know it was an Ebay add as it just showed clouds and then a sun appearing with the words: “rise, shine..” and instantly the rest of the song came into mind: “and give God the glory!” but no, the next words that appeared were “and make it mine.”

The contrast was rather stark.

The last words that stayed on the screen were “Make it a perfect day with the perfect deal.”

But it was the contrast between the thought of giving glory to our God who deserves our praise, to that of feeding the materialistic, greedy little monster inside all of us that really jolted me out of thinking about reading my emails and started me thinking on a higher plane that ended with self examination.

When we rise and shine God should be first in our thoughts.

When we praise him and do his work that should make it a perfect day.

When I thought back on my morning so far I realized that first thought when I awoke was: “just a few more minutes of sleep, please!” as my son made it known that his morning had started.

After dragging myself out of bed and pottering around the house my thoughts have been filled with things I am planning to do today and tomorrow..

..and not a single thought of praise to my God.

Thank you Ebay for making me re-evaluate my morning and start thinking about my God!

Thank you God for reminding me about you.