Come Spend Time with ME...

This morning started out way later than normal... I heard little Gideon stirring in his crip at 7am. I was still REALLY tired so I went in and got him and brought him back into our bed. While feeding him, I fell asleep. Thankful for the side latch!! haha Gideon then slept until 10. This is huge for him. Usually he is up at 8am no matter what. Apparently we both needed the sleep.
So at 10, I got up and made some coffee and breakfast while Gideon enjoyed some "tummy time." At 10:45 he was getting tired again. I couldn't believe it. I fed him and put him in his bed. He was out in like 2 seconds. I walked out of his room and took one look around my house and thats when it all started...


OUR HOUSE IS A WRECK... haha. Seriously. There is toys and baby things everywhere. The dishes are piled in the sink from the night before. There is a heap of clothes in front of the washer from the million outfits we change into each day because of a lovely thing called acid reflux. I felt like I was going crazy as I looked around our house. So I did what any person would do. I started to clean things up. But something about cleaning just wasn't right. I kept hearing a voice in my head say "Come spend time with me." I suppressed the voice just once and kept folding laundry. But I couldn't deny the voice a second time. I heard it again. "Come spend time in My Word."

I needed to hear God speak those words to me today. I needed to hear how much my Father wanted to spend time with me as I spent time in His Word. So often I go about my day because "I just have stuff to get done" and I don't take time to ask God where He wants to take me for the day. I don't stop and ask Him for guidance for the day. For an extra amount of Grace that He knows I need or the extra patience I will need towards my son or husband for the day. I know I can't function with out the Love of God, without the patience He gives me, without the strength He provides, and without His influence in everything I do each day.