Sunshine

Every morning we’ve been here, we’ve awoken to the brightest, most penetrating sunshine I’ve ever seen in my life…at 4:45am!!! It’s pretty ridiculous, actually. Then as if that weren’t enough, the birds here have some serious pipes, and they love the show them off…at 4:45am!!! So, the idea of going to bed around 10 or 11pm and getting up around 7 or 8am is completely out the window. Ticos (locals) tend to live on a much earlier schedule, mainly due to the fact that the sun comes up so much earlier here. And to boot, the sun’s schedule stays the same…all year round! So, inadvertently, without even trying, we’ve quickly adopted the Tico lifestyle: early to bed, early to rise. We’ve hit the sack every night so far around 8pm and risen sometime around 5:30am!

It’s funny (and sometimes uncomfortable) how the Lord works sometimes. The Lord has used the sunshine to allow me some serious time alone with Him. Before, it was way to easy to sleep in when it was pitch black dark outside every morning. But now, I’m up and at ‘em around 5 and to sit out on the porch on such beautiful mornings and dig into the Word has been an awesome improvement. In the same way that the Lord held the sun and moon still for a day to allow Joshua to destroy his enemies in Chapter 10, the Lord has given my enemy, sleep, into my hands. Pretty sweet huh?