5:30am

That is the time on the clock...when I finally decided I wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep!  Oh...it is going to be a long day.  I got up and made coffee then opened the curtains.  The birds were singing...but otherwise the house was quiet.  I've been sitting curled up with my coffee just enjoying the "BE STILL AND KNOW" command.  One of the reasons that I couldn't go back to sleep...my mind was rolling and wandering over many things and needs...praying.  Usually, I drift off to sleep again...but not this morning.  Prayers turned to thoughts of the day to plans of the day and next few days.
I've been thinking about the messages I heard while up in Wisconsin...from my Daddy and my Uncle.  I've been remembering the songs that were sung.  I've been remembering the thoughts and emotions that were stirred.  As I read back over the notes I took, I read a statement from my Uncle Paul:
"God is going to do what He is going to do!"
I needed to read that this morning!  My future is in the hands of God...and that gives me peace, joy, and hope!  What a wonderful thought to start a morning!  Thank you, Lord, for allowing me to wake up early this morning!

1. My hope is built on nothing less

than Jesus' blood and righteousness.

I dare not trust the sweetest frame,

but wholly lean on Jesus' name.


On Christ the solid rock I stand,


all other ground is sinking sand;


all other ground is sinking sand.

2. When Darkness veils his lovely face,

I rest on his unchanging grace.

In every high and stormy gale,

my anchor holds within the veil.


3. His oath, his covenant, his blood

supports me in the whelming flood.

When all around my soul gives way,

he then is all my hope and stay.

4. When he shall come with trumpet sound,

O may I then in him be found!

Dressed in his righteousness alone,

faultless to stand before the throne!