Day 27: 2 Corinthians 5:15

2 Corinthians 5:15: ¹⁵ He died for the sake of all so that those who are alive should live not for themselves but for the one who died for them and was raised.

How do you start your day? Did you hit the alarm clock and realize you hit the snooze button: now you’re 10 minutes behind schedule. Wash your hair or make coffee?  You finally leave the house and get behind the slowest person on the road. Your desk is cluttered with all the unfinished projects from yesterday and you wanted time to devote to a co-worker who was having problems.

Now re-set!

Change your routine to wake up an hour earlier. Spend quality time with God – listening to music, in prayer and meditation. Spend some time asking for direction and how you can better serve the Lord.

The following poem or prayer has always helped me center my thoughts and ask God; “How can you use me?”

Lord, help me be your disciple

And always do your will,

To put your desire before my own,

Your work to faithfully fulfill                                                                                               

To see in my daily living

What a Christian life should be.

Those who are new in the faith,

Help me guide and teach,

And those who are outside the fold,

Somehow help me reach.

Lord, I want to be your servant

And in everything I do,

When others might look at me

I pray they see you.

By RK Cecil

Contributed by Debra