Connect

You know, I'm a pretty busy person.  I would say my plate is very full.  I don't have room to fit much more in than I am doing now.

You see, I am a mom.  A mom to three girls five and under.  I am also a wife.  My husband and I are involved in full time ministry at a missionary base for a living.  My husband is on the Eldership Council for this base.  He is also the Worship Director/Main Worship Leader here.  On top of that, he leads worship weekly at a local church, teaches in schools that our base has, and travels often.  I am also the children's director (called a MOPPETS director) at a mom's ministry here called MOPS.

Yep.  I'm a busy woman.

Sadly, I've been driven by guilt many times because I can't seem to get that same amount of time in with the Lord that I did when I was single or just married.

It's not from lack of desire.  My heart burns with passion and love for God today and in these recent months more than it ever has in the past.  I desire Him.  To know Him.  To be with Him.

Yet, quite frankly, I am tired.  Sometimes I go weeks before I have a night without any interruptions in sleep.  My girls all sleep through the night, but it doesn't stop them from needing more water, wanting their backs rubbed or having to trudge through our bedroom to get to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

No matter my desire level, no matter how much I want to get up at the crack of dawn and hang out with God, I just can't consistently make it happen.  Something always comes up or I had five interruptions the night before with sick kids, teething, potty breaks, or what have you.

I was crying to the hubs the other night about it, expressing the desire that I have to be with God and have more revelation of Him etc., and you know what he said?  He said: "I don't think God is asking you to spend more time with Him.  I think God is asking you to recognize Him throughout your busy days, shoot ing up one-line prayers to Him as things come up, breathing out thankfulness to Him as you dwell on Him.  He is asking you to connect with Him in the midst of the busy-ness.


Even though I've heard that before, this time it set me free.  This time, it got through to me.

I am no different from any other mom. We are all extremely.busy.

So, let's take heart, fellow moms and busy people, God is not expecting more from us.  He just wants us to let Him in to the ALL, the every moment.  He wants to pervade our schedules and melt into them with us!

So, we can have rest even while we work.

Because that is how good He is.