Sydney Avey
Dynamic Woman — Changing Times
Morning Read
My morning read is one of the most inviting times of my day. I confess, I check email and Facebook first, make a Words With Friends play against my sister, and record a sentence in my Five Year Diary, but then I reach for inspiration.
This year I’m following our pastor’s sermon series on Jesus in the gospels in the NLT One Year Chronological Bible. Today Jesus told his disciples, “But don’t rejoice because evil spirits obey you: rejoice because your names are registered in heaven.” (Luke 10:20). My writer brain said, “Ah, it’s not about power, it’s about position.” That’s a thought I can carry through my day. Am I working from my position of strength or just powering through?
Next I reach for The Valley of Vision, a Puritan prayer book, a thoughtful gift from a precious friend. Those Puritans were so practical and they had a beautiful way with words. Yesterday’s prayer was for Sincerity.
May I not be inattentive to the design
of thy dealings with me,
or insensible under thy rebukes,
or immobile at thy calls.
If I could discern God’s hand in my writing journey, understand the discipline in the disappointments, and respond to the call with more energy, what joy.
To polish off this spiritual breakfast, I reach for a poem. I’m enjoying local author Joy Willow’s Soma Song. Her poetry awakens all my senses.
Oh, look—
Crystalline morning
Platters of sunshine
Slanting and slicing through haze
Sparkling daylight knock-out engagement ring
And promise of things to come.
What’s on your bedside table?
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