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It’s a struggle to know when to do what.

Every morning I wake up earlier than my body wants to, so that I can get a jump start on the light of day. My alarm sings, my eyes pry open to a squint, and I immediately enter into a barking round of decisions.

There is so much to be done in the 12 hours the sun affords us, and picking which ones to tackle before the blond’s emerge from slumber is always a battle for me.

Do I let words flow and put thoughts to keys?

Do I head straight into a sweat, squeezing in a workout?

Do I open scripture and lift up prayer?

Do I prep for the schooling day?

Do I send emails?

Do I tend to ministry things?

Do I get a jump start on the cleaning?

Do I sleep? Catching up on what’s been lost?

I’m always so conflicted over which to blitz.

And even after I decide which route to brave, I have this inner shout inside that says it must be done totally and completely or none at all. It must be finished and wrapped up and I must be showered and dressed when the children charge the day.

That’s rubbish. I know. But the roar remains.

I was lamenting my confusion to the Lord one morning a while back, when the following thought occurred to me:

“Let them find you building your faith.”

Hmm.

“Let them find me… finding You, God? It doesn’t have to be all done and checked before they break loose? It might even be good for them to make their way to Mom while she is mid-study?”

“Yes.”

This went right along with the description my friend gave me of her mother-in-law just a month or so previous. She was telling me that when she visits family, her husband’s mother can always be found in the early morning hour sitting at her kitchen table, drinking coffee, doing her Bible study, in a robe, ready and waiting for whoever wants to join her.

They find her building her faith. They find her finding Him.

And that sounds good to me.

So right now there’s a robe hanging on my towel rack. It’s a Target original, and even just seeing it there sets me straight most mornings.

I still sometimes waver between working out or writing or whatnot… but I at least can know what I’ll be doing in the moments right prior to the kids coming in. And this has settled all the other stuff out some how.

So Mamas, lets make sure we are getting in some sweet and serious time with our Maker before we are tending to the little hearts in our house – but let’s allow ourselves the freedom to have that devotion time drain into their waking a bit. It’s okay to be interrupted when it means that they will catch you in your faith-chase.

Rather than always finding us in a workout, or in a writing spell, or in rest morning after morning… having them walk in to Mama in the Word – it could teach them to wake up and do the same.

I know some mornings end up on their heads, disheveled, all wrong. I know that schedules have to give and flex for families to make it work. But on the whole, on the by and by – no matter what else we decide to do in the first bright hours of the day…. let’s allow our children to see us seeking God and all His glory.

It’s teaches them. And it settles us.

I’m closing this out in the early afternoon. I found a moment after the school books closed for the day, to draft out a post. Windows are open. A heavy wind is blowing tall pines. And a stacked mix of books and Bibles are sitting on the night stand just behind me…. ready for tomorrow’s rising.

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  1. Jan Thompson

    The “seeing eye” sometimes learns more than the “listening ear”! Good words today as everyday. Thank you Katie for sharing. ?

  2. Kate

    Yes! Exactly! Thanks so much for reading! Have a wonderful Friday! Love you lots! – Kate 🙂

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