KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Morning
HE'S A VERY busy man, and yet he somehow manages to find time for giving the day a spiritual jump-start...
Dr. Ben Carson, chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, a position he assumed in 1984 when he was only 33-years-old. Here's Carson's testimony about the value of putting spiritual things first: "I've found that having a morning ritual -- meditation or some quiet reading time -- can set the tone for the whole day. Every morning, I spend a half-hour reading the Bible, especially the book of Proverbs. There's so much wisdom there. During the day, if I encounter a frustration situation, I think back to one of the verses that I read that morning."
THOUGHT: Do you take time to read God's Word and pray? Try it in the morning. It will transform your day. (Vernon Grounds)
KneEmail: "In the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed" ( Mark 1:35).