I haven't slept very much - somehow I woke up at 4.30 and couldn't get back to sleep even though it took me ages to fall asleep in the first place! But I'm quite glad, though I know this is going to be a long day and I'll be shattered by the afternoon! I'm glad because I decided to get up, seeing as I wasn't falling asleep so I went downstairs and saw my washing in the washing machine, so thought it would be a good idea to hang them out already and put another load in. Who knows what the weather will be like today - hopefullt summery breezy like the last few days! And as I was hanging my washing out, I could just feel the peace around me, like a magic tingling in the air that is only alive in the morning. It reminded me of the time when I was on a class trip on a boat in Holland, and every morning I would get up before sunrise and go for a walk. By that time, the world was already awake with purity and peace, and the joy of the birds that we humans rarely get to see. What an awesome God to have created all things, hidden and revealed. Not for our pleasure, but for His glory. And we may as well enjoy it while we can!

"The whole earth is filled with awe at Your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, You call forth songs of joy." Psalm 65.8