It is so easy to let the responsibilities and tasks of the day override our time with our kids. I had recently bought a piece of furniture that I was painting and Doug and I were doing a host of other projects around the house that at the end of the night I felt like I literally put my kids in front of the TV all day. I did get ALOT accomplished! (My Bible study was finished, laundry was folded, dishes were clean and put away, the floor got mopped, meal planning was done, budget was analyzed, phone calls were made, furniture was painted, and the upstairs got vacuumed...WOW! I feel proud of myself just typing my list- haha!) But I really neglected spending time with the kids....how many times that day did I say to Hunter, "I can't play right now, honey... I will in a little bit." But, I never did.I am reading "You've Got to Be Kidding! - Real life parenting advice from a mom and dad of nineteen" by Pat and Ruth Williams. This morning's particular chapter was on spending quality and quantity time with our kids.
* Keep the main thing the main thing.
* Successful people almost always look back and say, "I regret that I did not take more time for my children when they were young and available to me and craved interactions. What I traded for those moments was not worth it."pg 54
* Many things in life can wait. But the child cannot.
Along with this is the valuable time we must put into our children's faith and character.
*"Its not about stuff. It's about faith. Its about believing in a God who tells us how to live." pg 61
* "If your Christianity doesn't work at home, it doesn't work." -Howard Hendricks
*" It's not just a Sunday thing. It's how we live. We want them to know that our faith is what sustains us during difficult times, gives us hope when the future looks scary, and lifts us up when the world tries to drag us down."pg 63
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