As most of you are aware of, My QT’s have drastically suffered since the day I said “I Do”. Working, Cleaning, Cooking, Loving and serving takes up waaaay more time than I had ever anticipated. Don’t get me wrong, I love the roles that God has called me to at this time but never did I assume it would be so time consuming.
An “average” day for me looks like this: 6:00am wake up- get ready… 7:00-7:30am- commute to work… 7:30-4:30pm working “hard”… 4:30-5or5:30 (depending on traffic) commuting home… 5:30-6:30-cooking dinner… 6:30-7:15- eating (I’m a s l o w eater)… 7:15-7:45/8-is pm- dishes, cleaning and changing into my “house clothes”… The rest of my night is fair game, grocery store, hanging out playing Yatezee with Ryan, Accountability, reading with Ryan, etc. Bedtime is 10:00-10:30 pm… STRICTLY!! Ha. Ha. As you can very clearly see, there is no room in here for my personal time with God. If I get anything less than the appropriate time of sleep, don’t talk to me. And, having to choose between spending time with your husband, the only time you have in the day, or read, it is a difficult decision. Now occasionally if we order pizza or if Ryan is working late or if he has a Softball game, I do manage to squeeze a little QT in there but believe you me, few and far between.
So, The commitment I am making today is….(drum roll)…. I will be using my HOUR lunch break at work to spend with the Lord. That’s right, I am going to give up all of the veryimportant things I do during my lunch break (like eat and check my facebook) and read.
You might ask why I haven’t done this before. Well, I have, I have read and gone through chapters of many books, but things get in the way and I start to give those things up for the other “important things” that go on in my life like… who left who a message on FB or who just recently changed their status from “Single” to “in a relationship” … HaHa.
So seriously, my plan is this, I am going to eat first because I CAN NOT eat and read, it is impossible for me to multitask, and then read. I will maybe take my car out and park somewhere quietly to avoid interruptions or close my office door and read in my room. Either will probably work.
PLEASE PLEASE ask me about this. It will be easy for me to give up or skip a day or whatever… but I am tired of my sporadic times with the LOrd, I am NOT growing or learning and I need to make a change to get back on track.
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So, its been a week-how was it? I’ve been praying for you! ❤
I’ve been praying for you every day at lunch time, as I cram my food down my throat and type out emails.
Hope God is showing you something wonderful during your lunch time QTs…. I admire your desire to do this.
I’m praying God will give me the same desire!
THank you so much for your prayers! It is really encouraging to know that you are, it probably explains why I have had one everyday =0)
The first day I forgot my Bible, did I let that stop me? Oh No! It was dificult but I read from an online Bible.
God has def. been showing me things that I need to hear/see, it has been really exciting…FINALLY… I also have been getting back into Leviticus, one book that I have found pretty dificult to read… mostly becuase it is really repetative and talking about things that I don’t understand, but I only have a few chapters left and then I get to move on.