My friends, many of us have said . . .

I want to get outside of myself . . . what does that even mean?

Well . . .

There are some mornings that deserve prayer more than others.

The mornings that I wake up and feel happy, I have a prayer of gratitude.

The mornings I wake up exhausted, I have a prayer for strength.

The mornings I wake up to a big decision, I pray for courage.

But, mornings like today, when I wake up looking for a short cut or I start hatching a scheme to get what I want, well, these are the mornings I need prayer more than anything else.

A prayer for help. Help to get out of my own way.

A prayer that reminds me that my best thinking left me broken and wanting more. More of anything because I was never satisfied. Emotionally, physically, or spiritually.

A prayer that asks for Grace. Grace to move away from making my plans that have an end result of me getting what I want.

If it’s not spiritual, it’s not practical.

Nothing on the outside can fix the inside. ***read that again if you need to***

Hatching plans to pull the outside in to feel better about life, family, work . . . never works out like planned.

Never.

It’s an inside job, always has been