I spent my time this morning in a rather unorthodox way. I’m not sure why but I woke up at roughly 5:45 a.m. and was wide awake. I sat up stretched grabbed some clothes, brushed my teeth and I was off. I got in my car and realized i had grabbed neither my wallet or my phone, I didn’t feel like going back for them so I drove off. I wasn’t exactly sure where I was heading or why I was even up this early but after about 20 minutes of driving down the beach i just randomly pulled off to a beach access. I had never been to this part of the beach so it was new to me. It had a very narrow passage way from the sidewalk out to the beach with twists and curves through the sea oats, it was very beautiful and secluded. as I reached the end of the path way i kicked off my shoes and continued my walk north up the beach. I walked for a good five minutes or so until I reached this small sailboat that had been pulled up to the sea oats about 30 yards from the shore break. I sat down on the edge of the boat, it was cold and wet from the morning dew. at about this time the sun was starting to creep its way into day time. for those of you reading this that don’t live in Florida or have just never seen the sunrise from the west coast of Florida it is amazing. as I sat on the sailboat facing the ocean the sun began to slander all kinds of magnificent shades of yellows, oranges, and blues. It was a rather cloudy day as well with the light blue sky pressed up behind the clouds. with all these warm colors from the east crashing into the cool blue and white colors from the west over the ocean it was like sensory overload. the outcome of all this natural beauty was a deep orange and purple sunrise with hints of white and blue thrown all over the morning horizon. I sat on the little boat in complete awe of how amazing this sunrise was and that God gave me the opportunity to experience it.
This is when it all clicked, God was showing me I need to slow down and take more time to acknowledge his beauty. For about the last month now I have not had a single day off between two jobs and school. I was woken up early and commanded to leave the distractions behind on my night stand and just enjoy what he created for all of us. to experience one of the prettiest things I have ever seen in my life. This was Gods way of telling me that I am not paying attention to what’s really important, my faith and my relationship with God.
When I got home I did something I hardly ever do, I decided to take a Day for myself. I texted my boss and told him I couldn’t come in. I’m going to use this day off to really enjoy everything God has done for me and Just enjoy myself. This blog post probably isn’t as huge a deal to most of you reading this but this morning was a real wake up call that I need to get my priorities straight and make more time for my relationship with God.
