Where do I begin a journey of steps towards my Spiritual walk, as mentioned on Day 100?

In the Princess Bride, Inigo Montoya, when having lost his way, cries out ““I am waiting for you, Vizzini. You told me to go back to the beginning. So I have. This is where I am, and this is where I’ll stay. I will not be moved.”

For me, to go back to the beginning is to go to Genesis 1 – In the Beginning…..

Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

There are Biblical scholars that believe that God designed the day to begin in the evening, and this writing is the statement of that plan.  I’m not a Biblical scholar.

I am a person that likes to watch TV at the end of the day.  I sometimes end up falling asleep with my night time prayers, snoring in tongues, and mixing in prayers for my family, and the nation, and the Celebrity Apprentices, or The Biggest Loser contestants.  When I try to sing myself to sleep with hymns, sometimes that last song from Dancing with the Stars crosses into my consciousness, making for very odd worship.

I have had sleep issues.  Almost every sleep study says to stop watching TV before bed.  It has to do with the light effecting our circadian rhythms.  Hmmmm,

In the beginning, God created the light and the darkness…night and day…wake and rest.  God created a rhythm for me.  I know that I am susceptible to S.A.D. when there isn’t enough sunlight, and is it so hard to imagine that the opposite is true?  Not to mention, what I put in my mind right before sleep seems to permeate my dreams!

So – Step One towards walking in the Spirit – Evenings are dedicated to beginning the next day!

If I am BEGINNING the next day…wouldn’t that be the first part of the day?  And to offer the first fruits of the day would be to spend the first part of the day with the Lord, right?  That’s for another day. One step at a time!

Today’s step is that I am going to enter into God’s rest in the evening – turn off the worldly lights as the sun goes down in my world, and fill my mind with the praises of Him.

Psalm 91 is all about dwelling in the Secret Place…if I am going to lean upon those promises, I ought to take the conditions seriously.

So – here’s some music to begin the next day with:

Thank you for joining me in this journey!
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi