The best part of waking up is

What is the best part? I was listening to a coffee commercial and the jingle
said, "The best part of waking up is ." Can you finish the jingle? Granted
the "best part" has to be qualified in some way, such as, "the best part of
waking up" or "the best part of the day." But if you had to finish the
sentence, "The best part," how would you end it? Are some things better than
others Yes, of course they are. We often make choices based upon what is
better in our minds. The classic example of this is Joshua's challenge to
the people of Israel in Joshua 24:15 where he says: "But if serving the LORD
seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will
serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the
gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my
household, we will serve the LORD." We do make choices.

On the flip side of that thought, we often make the statement of
consolation, "It could have been worse, you could have." In other words,
some choices, without a doubt, are better than others. Christ uses this
reasoning in the Sermon of the Mount in Matthew 5:29 where he says: "So if
your eye, even your good eye, causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it
away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole
body to be thrown into hell."(NLT) I don't believe he is giving us advice to
do ourselves physical harm, but rather is making the point that we have the
ability to choose and need to choose wisely.

Life is a matter of making one choice after another isn't it, from the time
we wake in the morning to the time we go to sleep at night we make decisions
or choices. If you had to choose what would be your best part? According to
the Jingle I mentioned earlier, "The best part of waking up is Folgers
(coffee) in your cup." That may be very good, but I agree with Joshua about
what is better, serving the Lord!

Russ Lawson,