Good Morning

Good morning is the first thing that nearly all of us say every day, but what do we mean by that? Is it a wish, or hope that today will be a good morning? Or is it a proclamation that this morning is good? I think its all about the mindset, which most things boil down too. Good morning is probably just said as a courtesy and not as an exclamation from the rooftop about how you are feeling, but something you say because that's what everyone else says. But what if it wasn't. What if tomorrow you wake up with the mindset that the morning is good no matter how your back feels, no matter what type of sleep you awoke from, no matter what child was screaming down the hall which suddenly make you roll out of bed- the morning is good no matter those things. (I have to admit here though that coffee is a good motivator) The thought reminds me of "the year of our Lord" that most people said in the 1600-1700's. "Hey Pete, what year is it?", "The year of our Lord, 1492" Is the speaker witnessing about a theological truth, or is he simply stating the date as everyone does. Or, and it's a small chance, what if he was actually expecting the Lord to return in that year, and his heart and speech reflected his expectation. Have you ever been stuck with truth in a way that you have to change yourself? Such a sudden realization that you change things, how you put your children to sleep, which books you read, what you watch at night with your wife? Have you allowed it to slowly work into your speech? "The year of our Lord" could be an example of this. To the hearer its just stating the year, but to the speaker it could be so much more. Our mindset, day in and out determines so much more than just these two examples off the top of my head. It determines how you perceive the world and how it perceives you. So today your assignment: wake up and have a good morning (as in "there was night and day and God said 'It is good'") and try to say things in meaningful ways (as in "Whatever is true, noble, right, pure, excellent...") and not just the way you always have. Good luck.