The loudest sound for a baby it seems is the first bite a mother takes. You get a meal prepared.. you sit down.. you put the fork to your mouth... and then the baby cries. I do not know why it is so.. but after many children I can tell you it is so. The second loudest sound is getting my Bible out. My physical Bible, my Kindle Bible, an app etc.. taking out any seem to wake the baby or require that some child will need my attention.
Bible Study in my mind.. is this quiet time.. I get in my chair with my journal, pen, cup of tea and spend time with my Lord. If of course, I waited for all that to be perfect I would never have quiet time. So.. what is the answer? Well what do you do with your physical food.. you eat a bit here an there.. you eat standing up or rocking with a baby on your hip.. you ask your husband to hold the wee one.. you eat something else that is more convenient and able to be carried with you...
When we are hungry we will eat. Dear Christian mother.. when you have spiritual hunger.. when you need nourishment because you are tired, feeling alone etc.. you need to eat... We have to perhaps have quiet time in not so quiet surroundings, listen to a devotional on our Echo, leave a Bible at our sink, listen to a podcast, reread a verse we have written on a card and stuck to the wall, read a few verses and write about it later.. etc.. Read scripture while holding a baby, recite scripture while nursing, sing scripture while putting a baby to sleep.. but if you hunger.. Eat.. Taste and See..
I am often told I have energy.. oh some days I am tired.. those are the days I know I need extra nourishment. I Need to be filling up on God's word.. to be encouraged, strengthened, blessed, called, aware, fulfilled.. because I am weak and I have work that must be done. We can not live by bread alone.. we need to Word of God. It may not look like what we want it to look like. I don't go to women's Bible study.. I don't want to leave 6 children at home with my husband who has worked for 12 hours. I don't always have hot tea and sit in my chair. Often over the last 15 years I have been propped in my bed nursing a baby, writing sloppily over their heads. Sometimes it is a sermon that I listen to in small segments throughout the day.. or a quick podcast while I make a bed. Find a way.. find several ways.. read the Bible... fill yourself up.. it will make a huge difference in your home.
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