{"id":734,"date":"2013-12-19T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T20:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=734"},"modified":"2013-12-19T14:34:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T20:34:24","slug":"wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ourbestlife.org\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"Wake up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

God really wanted me to wake up this morning. \u00a0I first woke up at 5:40 am and thought to myself, I should get up and read the Bible or my devotional, but I felt too tired so I rolled over and went back to sleep. \u00a0I woke up again at 6:03 am and again rolled over to go back to sleep. \u00a0Finally at 6:10 am, I had to get up because the alarm in the girls bedroom went off and was blasting NPR all over the house. \u00a0I took this as a sign that God was not taking “No” for an answer this morning \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Thankfully none of the girls woke up… I’m not sure how they slept through it, but they did!<\/p>\n

I think what I took from all of this was a reminder not to get swept away by the wrong things this Christmas. \u00a0The last few days have been a little hectic as I have been preparing for Christmas, sending cards, shopping, cooking, wrapping, cleaning, etc. I haven’t found much time to sit in peace and quiet and just listen.<\/p>\n

I want to listen during this Holy time. \u00a0I want to sit in peace and think of our Savior, His Mother, His earthly Father and His Holy Birth. \u00a0I want to be moved to depths of my soul as I reflect on Him.<\/p>\n

Thank you my Loving and Heavenly Father for nudging me awake this morning. \u00a0Please help me to keep You always in my sight and to stay awake!<\/p>\n

Listen carefully my friends, He might be trying to wake you up too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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