Do you ever get so overwhelmed at all the things you want to accomplish? You want the house clean, the laundry washed, the obedient kids, the bills paid, date night with the spouse, hangout time with friends, and a higher degree so more classes.

Sometimes I can get in such a funk because my goals for my life and my family are so out of reach that I want to just stop and do nothing. I often have to remind my self what is the most important thing? If I could only accomplish one goal…what would it be?

The answer is and will alway be – installing a Love for Jesus in my kids. I want them to know and experience the love God has for them and I want them to have their own friendship with Jesus. I want them to talk to him and read his Word daily.

I have not arrived and doubt I will ever be where I fully want to be. That is this process of life and growing. I go through season where we are sitting with the kids and Word time is on point. I also go though seasons where my time reading the Word is 3 mins here and 5 mins there and two days since the last and on and on, so getting the kids to have a set time is next to impossible. My prayer is that they would desire to read the Bible on their own. I want them to hear a story and want to read the story and research it on their own. Thursday night I sat in my bed with the two littles and we had soft music playing, the lights low, and did our bible time together. It was PERFECT.

It will be like this every. single. night. 😃

Except it’s not.

A friend came into town and the kids were up late and even though the thought did cross my mind to encourage them to read that day’s devotion, it didn’t happen. I have goals but I am also adjustable on the goals. This is good so that I don’t become a stickler for the rules but also bad because I can change things often. I don’t want the rules, the goals, to become the religious fact. I want the heart to serve God to be the center of why we do things, not just because it says to on a chore chart.

I put the littles to bed super late and when I went back in miss Ava’s room she was using a tiny reading light and reading her bible. ❤️ She had a desire to read the Bible on her own 😍

Consistency is the key but it is also the heart that matters. I lack consistency. I am so go with the flow of life that I aggravate my self with my lack of a schedule 😒 but my heart for Jesus is 100% committed and consistent. My kids see that, they see my heart though my words and actions. That teaches them as well as the actual actions they see.

Moms, don’t fret if you are missing a few things. If you have a heart for Jesus and you are committed to him and him leading you then everything else will fall in place. .