Morning Rituals

Guys are predictable creatures, creatures of habit, whatever you want to call it. We all have some type of routine we go through each morning after we wake up. For me, the alarm goes off at 4:40am (whoa - typing it makes it seem so early), then I go downstairs, check email, and either head to the gym or run/bike outside. (I have to exercise early in the day, or it just won’t happen). After that, it’s shower, shave, brush teeth, get dressed, then head to Caribou for a medium dark roast and my time with God. I’ll generally read through a chapter in Proverbs that corresponds with the day of the month (today, for example, it’s Proverbs 8), review a couple of my memory verses, and maybe do a devotional that ties in the the previous week’s sermon. Then it’s off to work. For the morning drive, I usually keep the radio off and use the time to pray. Again, I find that if I say, ‘Oh, I’ll just wait to do my quiet time until the evening’, it won’t happen. I know myself too well to do it any other way, and it’s the best way for me to start the day with the right attitude - God’s attitude, and what he’s calling me to.

So what is your morning routine? You can tell me, or, if you want to possibly win some cool toiletry items, you can respond to the post at The Art of Manliness.

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