Wake up with Jesus!

So the past few weeks my body has been twisting my emotions all around like a tornado. I'm trying to be more in tune with my emotions lately and trying to figure out why they happen. It wasn't until last Thursday that I came to the conclusion I need more Jesus! I need him to help me figure this all out because I can't do it alone. So I set a plan to wake up early and have time with him. I set my alarm to give me enough time to do some morning meditation stretches with Him as the main focus. If you google Jesus meditation videos you can find them. I started on my knees asking God to wake me up and to help me see his joy today. I started through the stretches and kept my mind on being grateful and was intentional about my prayers. Because lately my praying has kind of been going through the motions and I need that to change! I need to go deeper with him. I need to let him see all of me and hear all of my thoughts so he can take them captive and change them! I gotta say since then I've done this I've been smiling more and not so easy to get angry.

I am intentionally going to be making this my new daily routine. Notice I said intentionally. If I don't see it that way I will let it blow over and then I will go back to my old ways. I'm starting to like this new word of mine. Intentional! It's a good word, isn't it? It's a good way to look at this and other things in our lives. Let's be intentional with the little changes we want to see in our lives or even big changes.

We are reading this book in our book club called She Laughs Choosing Faith over Fear, by Carolanne Miljavac and I love what she said about breaking down because in a sense that is what I needed to do. I needed to break down in order to find my peace and laughter again.

"Breakdowns remind you a break is in order. Life is full of crazy days. If we can't laugh, we'll forever feel anxious about what tomorrow may bring instead of brimming with excitement for the good things in store each day. Somehow we get stuck in our heads that a strong woman of God isn't supposed to break. She isn't supposed to freak out and yell or let herself cry. She's supposed to keep it together all the time. But honey, what makes a woman strong in faith is knowing the God she serves does His best work on those He can mold."

So as we wake up tomorrow let's wake up with Jesus and know that it's ok to feel whatever emotion we are feeling for the day, but to remember to start with Him! Take a moment and really give it all to him. Let go and lean on him. Let him catch you if you are falling. Trust me it feels so good when you finally do. It feels like you can breathe again.

Always Smile,

Michelle