Being a mum is hard work, and so you have to be all the more intentional with your time.
To cultivate a walk with God when there are so many things vying for your time will mean that you almost have to train your heart to a different rhythm to stay close and connected to God everyday.
This is especially true in our day and age of information overload, right when we are trying to deal with a misbehaviour, get the dinner on the table, and hoping to finish a work deadline.
But making time each day to notice, reflect, and breathe in the air of thanks actually train our hearts to become more conscious of the good in our lives.
Learning to meet God in the midst of motherhood, I’m encouraged to know that God gives grace for us, to come just as we are, even when we have nothing much to offer.
More than what we can produce, God desires intimacy with us.
More than what we can give to Him, He wants to give to us.
Yet, how do you stay close to God when you are a busy Mum?
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Motherhood is the kind of job that requires you to be full before you can overflow.
Our walk with God is the inner engine from which we get our clarity, our calling, our character.
I’m praying that these words will encourage your walk with God and that you won’t give up!
5 Ways A Busy Mum Can Stay Close & Connected To God
Tip 1: Schedule it
Where has all the time in the world gone?
Between being continuously sleep deprived, having very early starts to our day, getting dinner to the table and tucking the kids back to sleep, sometimes we just get so exhausted that we miss the day before being able to sit quiet for a moment.
I find that by pencilling time with the Lord in in my daily schedule really helps even when it’s a particularly busy season of motherhood, or when I’m don’t have the energy or desire to seek Him.
Intimacy with God is intentional, not accidental.
When we schedule time to be still, to enjoy a moment of quiet, to wait and to be attentive to His voice, we find our cups overflowing and brimming with supernatural joy!
Tip 2: Make the Best of Your Morning
What do you wake up for?
What gets you excited in the morning and wanting to jump out of bed?
Praying and reading the Bible is probably not the first thing at the top of your mind, but I find that by giving the start of my day to God, the rest follow suits.
Mornings are really my golden hour!
The quietness of the morning quietens my soul before God.
Enjoying the silence before the busyness of the day creeps in, allows me to His love washing over me as He prepares the day ahead for me.
Yet, it’s easy to beat ourselves up because we feel like we are falling short of this holy morning habit.
But as you know, when we are starting a new habit, length of time isn’t the goal.
Our goal is simply intimacy.
But for that to happen, we can sometimes do with a simple structure. That allows us to develop a habit. And when the habit is second nature, it no longer feels like a chore when you are doing it. So why not start with 5 minutes? 🙂
Discipline produces delight which creates desire.
Tip 3: See Every Moment as Holy
But even if the mornings are not your thing, and you are more of a night-owl than a morning bird, God is still calling us to come to Him without the fixation of doing our quiet time “right”.
All the ought-to’s like “how long should I be praying? Should I be reading my Bible in the morning? How do I keep myself from being so bored reading the Bible? How do I get my kids to read their Bible?” can kill the joy of enjoying a simple intimacy with God.
He wants you. Period.
And so, however you start your day, you can still know that every waking and working moment can be made holy when it’s walked with God.
It’s really hard as a mum not to ever be uninterrupted.
Is there even such a thing?
When we first become Mums, we almost have to begin a new way of walking with God.
We almost have to be happy with finding snippets of time here and there to do anything. But when we begin to see that everything is holy, that every interruption, every commotion and all the multitudes of things we have to do as a way of God inviting us, we will begin to feel a sense of nearness to Him.
We no longer have to divide the sacred from the secular, we can ask God to permeate everything we do with His presence.
We can make space for the holy in the midst of our messy, and experience the Peace that allows us to fall apart every single day, and mysteriously keeps us intact.
Tip 4: Have a Little System
As with any relationships, it takes a little bit of warming up before we usually get right into it. By a system I mean a way you can enter into God’s presence past the hurry and flurry of your heart.
This may look like making a cup of coffee and reading the Psalms. Sitting down with your journal and chronicling your thoughts. Getting on your knees and singing worship songs. Using a devotional, praying through a prayer list or doing a Bible study are all the ways that helps to connect me with God in that moment of being with Him.
The key is not to overcomplicate it. Simply come. Then allow Him to lead.
In our family, we also follow a flexible routine to our day. Little rituals like having the Bible being read to around the kitchen island. Coming together as a family after dinner to read the Word and pray before sending everyone to sleep, holding hands and praying as a couple before we turn the last light off. Just simply and naturally let being with God a natural part of your day.
Writing is also a powerful way to connect with God!
Tip 5: Involve the kids
Making meeting God a natural part of your day would mean inviting the kids to come into the journey with you…the journey and adventure of knowing God 🙂
By doing this, you are actually making a few bold statements.
Firstly, you are making theology a natural part of life. You are not reserving spiritual conversation for “special times”, but you are making God a central part of life, and teaching them to be familiar with the tenets of our faith.
Secondly, you are modelling a relationship with God as a good Father whose heart you can get to know!
He isn’t distant, disinterested or disappointed in us. He delights over us! And by showing your children how you make meeting God a big deal in your life, you are spreading your hunger for the holy in their little hearts.
Playing worship music throughout the day set the tone and atmosphere for connecting with God.
Let’s not forget that worship is powerful and it brings us into the presence of God.
Our lives nowadays is extraordinarily busy, and yet God is calling us to keep nurturing a private life that is vibrant and growing.
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