So much for sleeping in, I guess. I wake up at 7 every day except Monday, when I wake up at 8:30. I go and I eat breakfast with my friends and then go to 8 am class TR. WF I wake up and eat for fear of not eating later and also to do homework, because if I don't do it then I might not do it. I've come to the conclusion that I don't mind waking up early. It used to really drive me crazy, but I think I've just come to accept that I AM A MORNING PERSON.
And so with that lovely all-caps sentence, I give you Good Morning by Mandisa.
Wave away my yesterday
'Cause I'm leaving it behind me
Hello sunshine, come what may
I feel something new inside me
I hear the birds singing
Now my alarm's ringing
Get up, get up, hey
It's a good morning
Wake up to a brand new day
This morning
I'm stepping, stepping
Stepping on my way
Good morning
You give me strength
You give me just what I need
And I can feel the hope
That's rising in me
It's a good morning
Slow down, breathe in
Don't move ahead
I'm just living in this moment
I've got my arms raised, un-phased
Jump out of bed
Gotta get this party going
I went to bed dreaming
You woke me up singing
Get up, get up, hey
It's a good morning
Wake up to a brand new day
This morning
I'm stepping, stepping
Stepping on my way
Good morning
You give me strength
You give me just what I need
And I can feel the hope
That's rising up in me
It's a good morning
Good morning
Now I'm smiling, and I'm kissing
All my worries goodbye
Got the feeling, if I spread my wings
I might even fly
You are my truth, my way
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/mandisa-lyrics/good-morning-lyrics.html]
Give me the strength to say
Get up, get up, get up
'Cause it's a good morning
Mr Mac to the mic
Hey, top of the morning to you, 'Disa
You smoothie, me ice cold pizza
Cafe au lait, latte dah
You do the zumba, but I do not
Give me like half a marathon
I'll give you the gospel of St. John
Hits me like a wake up bomb
'Cause we both know that His mercy flows
In the morning
Wake up to a brand new day
This morning
I'm stepping, stepping
Stepping on my way
Good morning
You give me strength
You give me just what I need
I can feel the hope
That's rising up in me
It's a good morning
Wake up to a brand new day
This morning
I'm stepping, stepping
Stepping on my way
Good morning
You give me strength
You give me just what I need
I can feel the hope
That's rising up in me
It's a good morning
Top of the morning to you, 'Disa
Hey, top of the morning to you, girl
To-to-top of the morning to you, 'Disa
Morning little miss sunshine
Man, you morning people
No, I'm serious
I think I really came to the conclusion that I'm a morning person over the summer. I would wake up early to do devotion, run, or just read and 3 days a week I would work at a day camp. There I worked with preschoolers which was a lot of fun! Then I went on Mission Tour, where we also got to wake up early:). and we did it to this song.
I really love this song, yall. It's just so much and it makes post-wake up a lot easier on me to listen to it. Mandisa also has a really pretty voice and so can do so much with it. She can do fast, catchy, bubbly songs like this one and then slow or sadder ones as well. As for the lyrics, I really love the chorus, because it is so true. We get to wake up a brand new day because of grace we don't have to walk with the past and our mistakes wearing us down. We get to live in a relationship with Him and walk with Him step in step, knowing we are never alone. And our lives become ones dependent on Him to take care of us, having faith in Him to do what he says he will. And we wait, not always patiently, on Him to do this for us. And it's a good morning because he is with us each and every day and that is the hope we hold on to. He is a good and gracious God, and his mercy most certainly does flow in the morning! IT IS A GOOD MORNING!
Have a great one, Love Rachel
