early to rise...

So last night I was reading the book of Isaiah and felt impressed to read some in the morning. So I thought to myself, "good idea, I'll read when I get to work." Well, apparently that's not what God had in mind. I leaned over and set my alarm clock and proceeded to roll over on my other side to prepare for a good night's sleep. I suddenly almost heard an audible voice saying, "Um, no...not what I meant. Set your alarm for 5:45." 5:45!!! I said, "really...that's so early. I have to get up early enough as it is. Surely this is just my imagination. God wouldn't be telling ME things like this..." HA! never say such things...never even THINK such things. God said, "Melissa...roll back over and set your alarm or I'll wake you up." I said, "yes, Lord." So I did. 5:45 rolled around and my alarm went off. I woke up, sat up and prayed. Now, I'm not exactly used to getting up before the sun is, and even less used to functioning before the sun is up, but I tried. After I prayed I fell back asleep thinking my alarm would go back off at its original time of 6:45 (which is still super early for me) My alarm did not go off at 6:45. Apparently I forgot to set two alarms. I also didn't ask God to make sure I was up at 6:45...I just asked Him to please not let me be exhausted today (I'm not). I woke up at 7:24 and was late for work. No one said anything about me being late, I'm not tired and I obeyed. Sounds like the start of a good mornig. Moral of the story? When God says get up early...you better listen.