Too Busy

Wake up, shower, coffee, get dressed, start to read Bible, Elizabeth is up, get Elizabeth up and ready (takes longer than my routine), more coffee, take care of dogs, try to read more of the Bible, run out the door, check facebook on my phone at the stoplight (don't tell the husband), run Elizabeth into daycare, work is calling already, once I hit the office there is no stopping, put on my superman cape and try to save the world's homeless population but overwhelmed with the numbers, lunch time has passed so maybe just some more diet coke and I will try to get lunch sometime before going home, time to pick up Elizabeth, eat dinner, run, bath time, put Elizabeth down, take a shower, say hello to my husband if he isn't working, laundry, bed.....

Have you ever taken the time to write out what you do in a day? Your schedule, your routine...your priorities. Where was God in all of this? Some days my quiet time does consist more of simply "trying" to read the Bible but let's be honest, most of us desire more time with God but how many of us are making the effort to move Him up on our priority list?

We tend to make excuses, don't we? Well...in this season of my life, I just don't have the time. God will understand. Maybe when my child can sleep through the night. Maybe when the kids are a little older. Maybe when my husband's work schedule isn't so crazy. Maybe when work slows down some. Maybe when I am not so stressed over finances. Maybe Maybe Maybe Maybe. What if God did that to us? What if He told us He was too busy?

Ann Voscamp said it so perfectly in her blog called A Holy Experience (I highly recommend subscribing to her blog).

“True, whole prayer is nothing but love,” offered St. Augustine. Is the only reason we don’t really pray is because we really don’t love? If one’s not praying regularly, it’s only because something else is regularly loved more than God.

WOW!!! How true is this? I must love something else more than God if I am not praying and spending time with Him. Did that hurt when you read that? I hit me straight to the heart. Looking back at my schedule - what does it say about what I love??


When you look at your day, what does it show you really love????



Thank you Lord for always listening to my excuses but still welcoming me back with open arms. Thank you for not keeping track and holding against me the times that you have not been my top priority. Forgive me for loving other things more than you.