I want to do it!

It's so amazing how a simple truth can change so much.

I have never had a consistent, before-I-get-to-work, early morning daily devotional time. I have had variations of this ideal, with prayer and worship in my car as I drive and a few quiet moments with my Bible or my devotional reading, and then my daily devotional email that I read when I get to my computer, but I was lacking focus.

Jesus.

Jesus should be my focus every morning before I leave the house. And with the exception of two or three days, I have made Him my focus every morning since the middle of March. Considering this means getting out of bed by 5:30 every morning, this is huge for me. But here's the thing: I want to do it! Wait, what?? I want to get out of bed every morning before 5:30 so I can have time to sit with Jesus before I go out to meet the day. Meeting Jesus should always be first!

This is an area of my life that needed attention. The idea of spending time in the gospels every day is a great idea and with the SOAP model that I mentioned before to guide me in the process, I just did it. It's amazing how I can read the same stories that I have read before and see a different message. I've heard that this happens but it had never really happened to me. I started reading in John since I usually go to Matthew. I wanted to change things up a bit, get out of my gospel-reading rut and gain a fresh perspective. John is so different than Matthew! And the same. But different! And as I read I learn about the different perspectives and experiences between the two men. And I see Jesus through different sets of eyes and it's so great!

Jesus wants to be my best friend. If He isn't, it's my fault, not His. But when He is, it's crazy-cool! And I find myself talking about Him more, thinking about Him more, worshiping Him more throughout the day. Edymar and I talk about our quiet time and learn from one another. He is reading Matthew so we are looking through  different eyes at the same stories and then filtering them through our own perspectives and then talking about it and it's awesome!! When Jesus is the focus of your life, He is also the focus of your marriage and that is amazing.

I am so thankful that God brought this truth to Edymar and I at the same time in the same way for us to walk out together. God is so cool!!