A special Wednesday

I woke up early this morning at an unusual 6.15AM. I don't wake up this early, not even if it's a Hopekids Sunday. But because I couldn't get back to sleep, I went about making my bed, washing up, then took Cuddy for a walk. The sky was in its most glorious shade of blue and there was just this little star flickering alone. Looking up, I remembered Bob Fitts' sharing just before "Constant Companion" began in one of his old albums. And he said this:

"A few years ago, I was wakin early in the morning and it wasn't because of jet lag. However usually I do wake up early just because of traveling all over the place but this one morning I woke up and I looked out and saw the morning star. I just felt like the Lord said to me, "Bob you know what, I never sleep, I never have jet lag." Aren't you glad about that? All night, while we sleep, He watches us, He looks at us. Our King. "

In "Constant Companion", the chorus goes: For You are my constant companion/You're my helper and my friend/You are the maker of the heavens and You love me again and again". Setting it on repeat through the day on my iPod lifted my spirits.

To complete the day, I had dinner with Jinqi and I truly enjoyed her company as we shared our lives over some very yummy salmon salad and oreo cheesecake. It was a very exciting yet relaxing time spent with her. She wanted to blog about our night on her blog and therefore insisted that we take a photo together so that she can add it to her blog entry on her blog. With that, I can also post this photo on this blog entry on my blog.