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God hears us. It’s so simple yet so huge. He hears us all the time, but sometimes we are in a place where we feel like we need to get His attention. Here the psalmist asks God to consider what he is meditating on. The word means to chew on something like a cow chews its cud. It feels that way sometimes. We get stuck on something in our hearts and minds and we chew on them. It can feel lonely. We can ask God to listen in and chew on them with us. Other times we can cry out to God because He is the only one we can cry out to and it does any good. Sometimes we just can’t wait and it’s the first thing we do. Have you ever thought of your prayer as a sacrifice? In other places we are told to “lift up” our prayers in the way sacrifices were lifted up to God. Granted, early morning prayer can feel like a sacrifice! But it is something the Lord wants from us. It isn’t about the action, it’s about the heart behind the action. Sacrifices are an external representation of what’s inside of us. At the same time it can take discipline to get into the habit. But if we see it as an offering to God done out of our love for Him, perhaps our concept of prayer will change and we will want to do it more. What does the Lord hear from you first thing in the morning?