It's easy to let life take control and turn on
autopilot. Especially when your to-do list is never ending. I mean Superbowl just happened, Valentines Day is just around the corner, and we're launching a new ministry. I'll admit that we are a bit overwhelmed, but in times like these we seek the advice of God from His Word. The first verse I found was Philippians 2:13 it read, "For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
" We knew at that moment we needed to pray together and let God set our priorities. Only then will we have the desire and power to accomplish all of our objectives he has put on our heart. After spending time in prayer alone and together we started on our game plan. We would cancel our Superbowl plans to focus on our new ministry. We aren't huge football fans but we do enjoy it just the same. Was it a priority over God's work though? Absolutely not. Next we decided we would divide and conquer. Alyssa would be in charge of Valentines Day for the kids. I would be in charge of the website design. Then we would meet in the middle for dinner, family time, and our ministry. We
learned long ago that no matter how busy life gets we sit down at the
table, pray, and talk about our days. One of our favorite ways to do
this is a tradition that we started. We call it best thing, worst thing.
Everyone goes around the table and states what the best part of their
day was, and what the worst part was. Everyone gets there own time to
speak and then we discuss it before moving to the next person. After
Dinner everyone helps clean, then we spend some quality time with the
kids. Sometimes we all sit and do things together, other times it's
divide and conquer. The most important thing in our household is staying
focused on God. He is our families center and foundation. A good
reminder of this came to me in Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way
he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Spending
time as a mentor to our children is critical to keep them focused on
God. We learned, over our especially chaotic month, that the trick to not
letting life get to busy is love. As long as we make the most of our
time together, communicate, help each other, stay positive, and keep God at the
center then we can do anything. No matter how chaotic or busy your life may get, we encourage you to make the time for your family or loved ones. Even if it's just for an hour per day. "A (person) who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul." -Lysa Terkeurst. Also just to update everyone, Alyssa
went in for her most recent ultra sound Monday. We know the gender of
baby James and will reveal it soon.
It's easy to let life take control and turn on
autopilot. Especially when your to-do list is never ending. I mean Superbowl just happened, Valentines Day is just around the corner, and we're launching a new ministry. I'll admit that we are a bit overwhelmed, but in times like these we seek the advice of God from His Word. The first verse I found was Philippians 2:13 it read, "For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him." We knew at that moment we needed to pray together and let God set our priorities. Only then will we have the desire and power to accomplish all of our objectives he has put on our heart. After spending time in prayer alone and together we started on our game plan. We would cancel our Superbowl plans to focus on our new ministry. We aren't huge football fans but we do enjoy it just the same. Was it a priority over God's work though? Absolutely not. Next we decided we would divide and conquer. Alyssa would be in charge of Valentines Day for the kids. I would be in charge of the website design. Then we would meet in the middle for dinner, family time, and our ministry. We
learned long ago that no matter how busy life gets we sit down at the
table, pray, and talk about our days. One of our favorite ways to do
this is a tradition that we started. We call it best thing, worst thing.
Everyone goes around the table and states what the best part of their
day was, and what the worst part was. Everyone gets there own time to
speak and then we discuss it before moving to the next person. After
Dinner everyone helps clean, then we spend some quality time with the
kids. Sometimes we all sit and do things together, other times it's
divide and conquer. The most important thing in our household is staying
focused on God. He is our families center and foundation. A good
reminder of this came to me in Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way
he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Spending
time as a mentor to our children is critical to keep them focused on
God. We learned, over our especially chaotic month, that the trick to not
letting life get to busy is love. As long as we make the most of our
time together, communicate, help each other, stay positive, and keep God at the
center then we can do anything. No matter how chaotic or busy your life may get, we encourage you to make the time for your family or loved ones. Even if it's just for an hour per day. "A (person) who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul." -Lysa Terkeurst. Also just to update everyone, Alyssa
went in for her most recent ultra sound Monday. We know the gender of
baby James and will reveal it soon. 
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