Chocolate Moose Gallery Canvas Print

Do elk have the choice of being a morning person? Are there some elk, hidden away in the woods, “sleeping in?” Some who were up all night partying with other woodland creatures? My assumption is that elk don’t have the choice of whether they are a night elk or a morning elk. No, but we do.

The war rages between the pious morning people and the obstinate night owls. Although typically vehemently opposed to one another, both sides seems to talk about liking the quiet, which is present both very early in the morning and very late at night.

Our souls crave solitude from the noise that dominates our daily lives. We all need to carve out some quiet time. The when probably isn’t as important as what we do with it.

My life transformed when I became a morning person, and not because I decided to get up early, but because of what I did with that time. Do we get up early merely to have a longer treadmill on which to sprint, attacking a to-do list that never ends? Do we stay up late binging content that temporarily satisfies but does nothing to uplift our soul or make us better humans? Do we subconsciously avoid silence because it makes us feel anxious in the immediate gratification era in which we live?

I’ve always been a believer. I’ve not always been a morning person. But spending an hour a day in silence with God changed everything for me.