My divine alarm clock

[Ashley]

I thought this was kinda cool....

This morning, I woke up in the strangest way. I just, awoke....like someone had called my name or something. But I wasn't alarmed....just very peaceful. I stretched in the sun a moment and looked over at my alarm clock, thinking I must be up early since it hadn't gone off yet. I looked over, and it was the exact time my clock was supposed to go off. Except, I hadn't set it right the night before, so it wasn't going to sound. If God hadn't woken me up, I would have been late for work. I remember thanking God profoundly this morning, not just for making sure I was on time for my job but also for reminding me of His tender, great love for me. I mean, the God of the universe chose to shake me by the shoulders this morning like my mom would to make sure I got up in time. I can just imagine Him smiling over me as I slept all night long, knowing full well what my day would be like, and the day after that, and after that....all the way to eternity.

[Shinja]

yeah, ive had that happen before, its difnatley not a coencideance

[Zane]

Umm I don't know, do you think we should point every little thing back to God all the time? Because if you get up at say 7am every morning for like 2 months and do nothing different compared to usual, then you'd wake up at 7am anyway even without the alarmclock. Its the whole body-clock thing.

But then again, I assume something told you God woke you up, you 'felt' it, and I believe that... which is pretty cool.

[Ashley]

Well it'd be one thing if I was a creature of habit that always woke up early. But I don't; that made this morning special. Also noteworthy that I didn't wake up in a panic--if I don't hear that alarm clock I usually do. Instead, I felt nothing but a deep peace--definately a signature of God in my book.

And even so, God deserves the praise for creating us with that sense to wake up day after day even without an alarm clock--we are, after all, fearfully and wonderfully made. It might be naive, but I don't believe anything in this world happens without God orchestrating it, including how late we sleep in the morning.

[sanitysux13]

I just thank God if I can stay awake for a whole day. (boring professors need to get new jobs. maybe they should look into finding cures for insomnia.) But seriously, that's happened to me several times before, but i never really stopped to thank God for it. Thanks for the new perspective.

[Zane]

Cool, I agree Ashley. I thought that might have been the case. See for me for the semester I had to get up at 6:10 am every week-day, and so waking up at that time in the holidays would not have been seen, by me as divine intervention.

But I totally get your point and agree, its God who even allows me to wake up, exist right now. That just shows how Mercyful he is in keeping us and all sinners alive right now, even the many opposed to him. No worries.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

hehe that happens to me a lot ^_^

[Kireihana]

That is so... COOL!!! XD

God TOUCHED you. Like, He physically affected you! I'm sure this has probably happened to all of us in some form or another, but it's still incredibly cool to hear about it.

[CreatureArt]

Awesome. That was really encouraging.

It's awesome to hear (or read) what God has done for people - it lifts the spirits and gives fresh hope and vision.

[The Shadow]

Umm I don't know, do you think we should point every little thing back to God all the time? Because if you get up at say 7am every morning for like 2 months and do nothing different compared to usual, then you'd wake up at 7am anyway even without the alarmclock. Its the whole body-clock thing.

But then again, I assume something told you God woke you up, you 'felt' it, and I believe that... which is pretty cool.

couldnt of said it better my self

[Camuel]

I think that to start the day off by praising God is something worth doing and something we don't do enough of. I feel that a lot of us would have better days if we got up in the morning and said "Thank you Lord" rather than "oh lord its morning!"

Easier said than done!