D.A. Carson:
Martyn Lloyd-Jones once spoke with a group of medical students who complained that in the midst of their training and the ferocious work hours they really didn’t even have time to read the Bible and have their devotions and so on. He bristled and said, “I am a doctor. I have been where you are. You have time for what you want to do.” After a long pause he said, “I make only one exception: the mother of preschool-aged children does not have time and emotional resources.”
It is important to recognize, too, that there are stages of life where you really don’t have time to do much, and you shouldn’t feel guilty about it. Children will sap you. If you have three children under the age of six, forget serious reading unless you have the money for a nanny. When our youngest finally went off to kindergarten, we celebrated that day—I took my wife out for lunch. Only then could she get back into reading again. It’s the way life is. You have to be realistic.
(HT:
Andy Naselli)
6 comments:
Hence the need for fathers to step up to the plate for their wives and their kids. Let's do it, men!
Thanks for posting that, Zach! It's hard not to feel guilty at times... Doing what I can and learning to communicate with God and see Him in the midst of poopy diapers and feeding kids. He'll meet me where I'm at- even if I missed a morning's quiet time.
Thank you, Z. I needed to hear this. By the time both boys are in bed for the night, we are both so emotionally spent that we can hardly find energy for a conversation. I've never viewed my quiet/devo time as a "luxury" until this stage in life. I do now!
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Wow. Thanks for posting this. Somehow lifting the burden makes me want to pursue the time for devotions more.
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