The Residue
Some mornings when my alarm goes off, I am hardly coherent enough to find the button to turn off the sound; and yet, my mind has the trail of a song in my head that I can't stop thinking about. For as long as I can remember I have believed that somehow that song had been stuck in my head from the day before and, when my mind has had some rest overnight, it finds its way back to the front of my brain to reconsider and relish.
Maybe that is exactly what happens; but, let me share a recent journal entry I wrote with a different perspective. "I'm pondering this thought I had this morning. Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV) says, 'The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.' What if the song I wake up with in my head is the residue of His song singing over me?!! What a sweet thought to consider! Some mornings it's a worship song and sometimes it's the familiar line of a song that we've been playing for a while on the radio. Either way, it's almost like it's hanging in the air when I first awaken. And it always brings me joy. Plus, it starts me off on the right path for the day as I am singing it back to God."
Have you ever found yourself singing a song in the early morning hours right after you awaken? Maybe it's the lyric you really needed to hear... and, maybe it's the sweet residue of God's melody He was gently singing over you while you were asleep.
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