The alarm goes off, way to early. Well, not actually... but I like to think so. But then again, we live in reality so I roll over and begrudgingly fall (and I do mean that in a literal sense) out of bed. As I stumble to the bathroom, fighting to get my running shirt over my head, I question - for about the millionth time - why I do this. And even though I can come up with no decent answer to that question, when I hear the knock on my door, I leave behind the warm bed to embark into the (still dark) morning sky with another one who apparently is just as crazy.
This ritual ends and my chaotic life begins. Frantically attempting to throw together breakfast and a shower, wondering how I am going to study and drive at the same time for my math quiz, etc. You know the routine. But it's not always this way. So why then is it this way ever?
"In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever." Psalm 41:12 (NIV)
Often, in times of chaos in my life, I can clearly see where I went wrong. When things begin to leave my control, when circumstances seem completely unmanageable, when I don't know how to make even to the next morning... it is then I realize. It is in our integrity that we are upheld. When I sacrifice my integrity, no wonder the Lord feels distant and my life feels as if it is falling to shambles. However, this same very thing can work in our favor more than we could possibly imagine. For it is in our integrity that we are upheld and we are forever in the Lord's presence. What a wonderful thought when facing an unconquerable day! Praise the One who got me to my bed tonight, and who will wake me in the morning!
- Christina
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