with all my heart

"i call with all my heart; answer me, O Lord, and i will obey your decrees. I call out to you, save me, and i will keep your statutes. I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your Word." Psalms 119: 145-147

Katie sent verse 147 to me the other day and it has been the very thing i have held onto all week. In the midst of the craziness of life this week, it is the stillness that i often avoid. It's hard to slow down. It's hard to get up early and spend time in God's word. Maybe it's not that way for a lot of people, but it is for me. It's the stillness that i find my life again. It's in the stillness that i rediscover who i am in Christ. It's in the rising early and crying out to Him for help. It's when i am the most full of hope.

The thing is, we are busy people. We can fill our days with all kinds of activities. Just look below, i've listed the 15 or so things that i want to do more of. All of these things are healthy coping skills, sure, and they are vital to my pursuit of living fully, but to truly live, i mean REALLY, truly live more fully, it's going to have to start with the rising early. The prayer. The stillness.