I'm Awake! This Is Me Awake

Two days in a row now extreme fatigue has flattened me. Sleep is my friend. Being alert and aware of my surroundings is not.

This got me to thinking: I wonder how often I drag around oblivious to what is - or is supposed to be --going on. Oops.

Jesus tried to prepare his disciples by teaching them the importance of an intimate relationship with him. Repeatedly he tried to get them to understand the importance in looking around and seeing the needs of others. He emphasized the need to get away and spend quiet time in meditation with their Heavenly Father. He urged them to keep their eyes open and be alert.

It makes me think of the blind man who cried out to Jesus to heal him.

Sometimes I think he could see more clearly than the disciples.
Certainly he saw more clearly than I do at times.
While I may not be literally blind I do confess to battling spiritual blindness in my journey.

I shake off my spirit of complacency. I open my eyes to see the needs of a hurting world. So here I go in to my day. I'm awake. This is me awake. Going to need the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit. Thank God that presence is here in my midst!

You keeping your eyes closed to how you really need to live? to the needs of others around you? My prayer for you this day is that you may open not only your eyes but your heart and then hang on -- for what a glorious day it will be!

Enjoying the journey,

Debra

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight.

-- Proverbs 3:5-6 --

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