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When I was in a college group and went to retreats, they always made a big deal out of morning devotionals together. The way they talked about it made it seem like that was the real way to be spiritual. It left me feeling that I was not being spiritual because, confession time- I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON.

Yes a sunrise is beautiful. Yes there are many times in the bible it talks about ‘in the morning’ with God especially in the Psalms. Mornings for me are ROUGH. On the mornings I teach, I get up at 6:30am. I get up and the first thing I do is pour a cup of coffee.

(The picture is of a coffee mug some young people I taught English gave me, They called me their American Dad.)

After I drink a cup of coffee, I can begin to try to have time with God by listening to some worship music and praying over my day. But being a night owl, when I read a book about The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence years ago, I felt the guilt over not being spiritual in the mornings begin to subside. My focus became more about finding time with God anytime of the day and multiple times a day.

My prayer times in the afternoon are more meaningful for me. Afternoons and evenings are also when I write stories and blog posts. Yes I post them in the mornings sometimes, but I write them the day before and save them as drafts and then publish them in the morning.

So I guess what I am trying to say is that when we pray is not as important as the fact that we pray. Yes I pray in the morning, coffee first please, but my afternoon times are deeper. If you like mornings, good, but there are those of us who can barely put two sentences together in the morning.

So, in the morning yes, but please let me have coffee first and WAKE UP.