S- Proverbs 31:15 "She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family and portions for her female servants."
Psalm 5:3 "In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly."
Mark 1:35 "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed."
O- She makes time to prepare her day. She is organized and seeks God first thing.
A- I need to start each day with God. Speak to Him and listen to Him. I need to be more organized and plan my day rather than letting the day get ahead of me. Luke gets up much earlier than me to go to work, but I could prepare his lunches the night before. Plus, I need to make a list of all the unfinished projects I have and get this house put together already! Stop slacking! It will also make my home more peaceful and I can start a good cleaning schedule.
P- Dear God, please help me to want to be an early riser. That I will seek you first thing and wait expectantly for you to lead me. I pray that I will not be grumpy in the morning and that I will rise with a positive attitude ready to face the day. Please help me to get the projects I have unfinished done and make my house a home that is comfortable and peaceful. Thank you for always changing me for the better! In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
From the blog HERE...
The Proverbs 31 woman gets up early and organizes her day! She is proactive instead of reactive!
She believes that productive mornings = easier days.
Our challenge this week:
Rise before your family!!! Come on girls I know YOU can do it!!! I know it’s hard! It’s hard for me too, but lets focus this week and RISE before our family does…..before our kids do! Let’s rise, have our quiet time and organize our day BEFORE it starts!!! Pray this week for strength and the discipline to rise early! Also pray about your finances and ask God for wisdom to help you make wise choices concerning how you spend the money He has given you.
The video on the blog this week talked about rising early being difficult in certain seasons of life... like having a baby and not sleeping through the night. There are definitely still nights that we are up. We had a rough month between both kiddos with being sick, having night terrors, and teething. Things have gotten better, but still not consistently sleeping well every night. And I am NOT a morning person to begin. I have not been consistent with my quiet times, especially before this group. Now I get up and start my reading while the kids play in the morning. Then if I don't get my SOAP's finished then, I finish at nap time. I also notice if I start cleaning up the house in the morning (dishes while the kids have breakfast) I get a lot more done throughout the day than if I wait til the afternoon. Plus it's nice to have a clean kitchen all day instead of just before Luke gets home and motivates me to do more throughout the day.
I have to share my morning story with you. Just after 5 this morning our neighbors dog started barking. We live in a condo, so it was right outside my bedroom window and went on for an hour! I was so extremely frustrated and had another meltdown that Luke got the brunt of. The dog woke me, then Lucy, and Zac. Thankfully Zac woke up yelled "I love you!" and went right back to sleep. That was a little blessing. Lucy on the other hand was up and ready to eat. So, she got a bottle and fell back to sleep. I was too frustrated that I was waken up that early to get back to sleep while the dog was still yapping. As I made Lucy her bottle I noticed that the dog wasn't even out on a leash to go potty, but just in her kennel on the patio yapping. I'm assuming she was yapping inside, so she was put out to yap so that they could sleep better. Oh my, the frustration! I asked Luke to knock on their door before he left for work. As Luke was leaving the mom and daughter were walking home from the gym and it was their son who had let the dog out. The mom was not happy about the situation and it was quickly taken care of. Then as I'm laying there trying to calm myself down once things quieted down, I was thinking that I was probably being tested by God. Was He the one waking me to get up and prepare my day? I'm pretty sure I failed the test. And because I got Luke all distracted from his normal morning routine, he forgot to grab his lunch I made him the night before. :( I even left him some nice notes with his lunch and he didn't even get to enjoy him. I did not lift him up to start his week! God, please change my heart and attitude. Help me be self-controlled! I am struggling! Thank you for your forgiveness and the forgiving husband you have blessed me with. Amen!
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