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Good morning! It’s Sunday morning and I’m just finishing up my devotional time. I think I’ve been studying and worshipping for about an hour. It’s been amazing! God is pulling forward different areas of my life to start working on. I’m nervous, but excited to grow in new ways. 

Like I said, I’ve been sitting here for about an hour studying, praying and singing. I know what you’re probably thinking. I’m not bragging, I promise. It’s very unusual for me to get that much time alone with God in the mornings. Usually when I get up in the morning, I workout, make coffee and get about 15-20 minutes of Bible study time. Sometimes it’s even less. My kids are early risers, and lately my son has been waking up as early as 5:30am! I have just barely finished my workout by then! 

A couple days ago I had just started my devotions and one of my kids stumbled out of our bedroom into the living room where I was sitting. I was writing out my prayer and I wrote, “God, I’m sorry today is going to be so interrupted.” The very next thought to pop in my head was this phrase from Luke 18:16,

 “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children.”

‭Let them come, Katie! My time with God is so vital in the mornings! I cherish it and look forward to it every day! I do at times get upset when it’s interrupted! However, Jesus Himself stopped everything in the middle of a sermon and blessed these children! The disciples saw them as a noosense and tried to urge the parents to take them away! Jesus welcomed it! 
My time with God in the mornings isn’t any less valuable when it’s interrupted by my sweet babies! In fact, in ways I think it’s a deeper connection! Kids are so smart and always wanting to learn about everything around them! Rather than getting upset and shooing them away, I should be using this as an opportunity to teach them about the importance of this time with God! My daughter started a prayer journal this summer, and she will often grab it and join me when I’m having my devotions! My son comes over and sits in my lap to snuggle me. We pray together and start our day off on the right foot with good attitudes! 




I strongly believe the devil tries to find ways to trip us and cause us to fail. It would be a win for the enemy if I were to yell at my children and turn them away in the mornings. Or if I decided to give up my morning devotions altogether because all I could get was 10 or 15 minutes and surely that wasn’t enough to get anything done!

Any time spent with God is time well spent. Any time spent nurturing my children’s spiritual lives is time well spent. Be it 10 minutes or an hour! God understands my life as a mom, and He blesses me for investing in my relationship with Him as well as with these sweet babies! 

Believe it! Don’t be discouraged! Continue to pursue God and you will be blessed! 




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