Quiet time with the Lord

  About 2 weeks ago I have started setting aside time every morning for a little quiet time with the Lord. I wake up about 7:00 a.m., and providing my one year old Rebecca is not awake and needing to nurse, I go straight to the couch. There I begin with prayer, and then get in to Bible. And I have been loving it!
 I spend about a half hour in all. Then I hurry in to the kitchen to get breakfast for my crew, some of which is up by then. In fact sometimes my quiet time has been fairly noisy! Most of them stay in their rooms though when they first wake up. For instance my oldest is up by 6:00 and has his own reading time, and then starts school up in his room. And if his younger brother/roommate is awake he helps Ben start his school  as well. Sam wakes about 7 and starts school in his room too. And the girls usually sleep till I start breakfast. So more often than not I truly do have quite time.

 I had heard of other wives and moms who have diligently done this, and they have found that time to be a blessing and a real strength in their spiritual life. But I never did this for my self though, at least not regularly at all. The children and I read the Bible or from their Bible curriculum  every morning before we start school. And I somehow felt that was good enough for my reading too. In the evenings we have either read again from the Bible or from a devotional, missionary story, or other good book.
 But out side our family reading times I rarely  read my  on my own. It is not that I didn't want to, but I didn't really feel the necessity of it nor how I would find time for that.  Just recently though I had been inspired to have time with the Lord just for me,  quiet time to read and pray.

 I have found it to be a real blessing for me. I look forward to this time each morning to get to dig in God's word and not feel rushed. I can read where ever. If there has been a certain subject on my mind, or a certain book of the Bible or chapter that I want to review more carefully, I can do that.
  Sometimes I just skip around, reading some there and some there. Or just reading over my most favorite verses. I have all my favorite verses marked so they are easy to find. I just simply leaf through the Bible finding and reading them. What a comfort and encouragement they are. I also have been putting different of these verses to memory.
  It has been wonderful reading and having different verses fresh on my mind through out the day. Recently when I have been discussing spiritual things with my mom and dad, I have been like, " I was just reading over that." It was exciting to have just read the very thing they were talking about. The benefits of getting in to God's Word!

  For my prayer time, I do that mostly at night when I climb into bed. I just love getting into bed, and snuggling up and pouring my heart out to God. I always have so much on my mind, and it is such a comfort to pour that out to Him knowing He cares about every little detail of my life.
   If you are like me and have not done this regularly before, I highly encourage you to set aside time each day and have some good, and much needed quality quiet time with the Lord. It will be worth it!! And you will be blessed as I have been.
​ In Him, Mae