What motivates you?

What motivates you to wake up each morning? What is your first conscious thought?

How can I be a "God-aware" person when so many things are trying to crowd God out?

I had breakfast with a dear friend this morning and that's the person who talked about "God-awareness" and got me thinking.

I was trying to describe a condition i had which she totally understood. (Yay!) I said something like, whatever I was doing/reading/seeing, in this case some poetry books, I seem acutely aware of the absence of God in some of the readings. Being aware is one thing but I can't seem to be able to turn it off. Am I weird or what? Why is it so glaring to me? She said that it was good cos I was "God-aware"...

I thought about it and want to believe that badly. Trouble with being "God-aware" is that it could easily make me judgmental of those who were not. Instead, I'd like to be God-aware and people-aware too. That way, I can be a blessing to those around me! Lord, may I be your light wherever I am placed!

So, what motivates me? Good question. I love to watch a life transformed by God and God-awareness. It's like a light switch suddenly flipped on. I am motivated by watching the young and especially the older ones being transformed. Thankfulness aka gratitude motivates me, too. By that, I mean that my own gratitude for all that He has done for me. There are truckloads that He does for me and that spurs me to "do/be" FOR Him. I take some things rather personally, like, I think God gives me a beautiful sky to enjoy, lovely music and songs to sing, many young ones to enjoy watching as they grow up, a husband who is crazy about me, friends who love me, a tick-tock brain, more ideas than I can contain, and even glimpses of things to come! He does this all just for me! How great is that?

My first conscious thought? What time is it?