Alarm Clock

*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*

Yep, you guessed right! It's the annoying alarm clock. Every morning I have a Cinderella moment where I am comfortable in my bed and I'm singing to little birds when I hear the clock telling me it's time to get up and start another day . . . okay so maybe there are no little birds involved (I'm not quite that cool yet) either way,  the alarm clock is not usually labeled as a tender mercy, but today God answered my prayer through the alarm clock.

As a missionary each morning we exercise for about 30 minutes. This morning I was extra tired as we headed to our usual exercise place. I was wondering how in the world I was going to NOT fall asleep and actually work out like I am supposed to.

Now picture this, I am in the basement starting to do Yoga and my alarm clock (which I thought I had turned off when I got up) is two floors upstairs in my companions and my bedroom. There are multiple closed doors and my alarm clock really is just loud enough to wake me up every day.

As I am in one of the poses I said a short silent prayer saying, "Heavenly Father, if you really want me to exercise, I am going to need some help". Right as I closed the prayer I heard that wonderfully annoying sound. *beep beep beep beep* I quickly realized that I had just left it on snooze and hadn't fully turned it off. Not wanting to disturb anyone else around I RAN up the two flights of stairs to turn it off. If that isn't going to wake somebody up, I don't know what will.

I went back downstairs and had one of the best workouts I have had in a while and my testimony of how much God really does care about everything we are doing was strengthened.

I wonder how many small things there are just like this that happen every day that I miss, just because I am not looking specifically for the tender mercies that are all around me. What do we all miss as we get caught up in the busy details of our lives? We probably miss a lot, so I have a challenge for YOU today. Will you look for a small tender mercy of the Lord and then share your experience with how the Lord is working in your life?

I know that as you do you will realize, just like I did this morning, that God really is in your life and he cares about everything you are doing!