“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12.

A constant challenge in most of our lives is how to spend our time….wisely. WISELY is the challenge. We all have the same amount of it….and we are each divinely given a specific numbers of minutes, days, months and years in which to dwell on this earth.

Just like the climate changes/seasons of the year, there are seasons of life. Young moms and dads find themselves in such a busy season of nuturing and constant caregiving. My kids are now young parents and their lives are busy. I have gently mentioned that this really doesn’t change for many years! With all that young parents juggle on a daily basis, “reading” with our littles can easily be one of the things that slips by. Even for older parents and grandparents, reading can be the thing that we put on the side burner. My challenge to us is that spending time in a healthy book, a faith-filled, inspirational book, and even the Bible itself, is the one thing that can ultimatlely make the most difference in the other hours of our days.

We tend to make time for the things that are most important to us. Yet, we can find ourselves wasting time on things that really don’t matter, right? We can creatively discipline ourselves … .and choose to intentionally use our time well. There are errands we can consolidate, there are events that can wait, there are TV shows we can easily live without, and there are scrolling sessions we can omit. There’s something that each of us can do.

Right now, many of us are trying to figure out how to use our time to help those who are suffering from the recent hurricanes; our hearts are heavy. We are praying, we are collecting goods, we are sending funds, and we are READING about and investigating how we can help. We are motivated to help because people need us.

Our kids need us too. Our kids need one-on-one, undivided time with parents, grandparents or caregivers. They need time away from devices, and their developing minds need to be filled with faith, hope and love. With what the world is throwing at our children, we should be equally as motived to help them …because they need us.

“Booking Time With Our Kids” means so much more than teaching them to read. It involves creating pathways, instilling decision making, making connections, solving problems, and developing a world perspective….a perspective that we can be intentional about exposing them to.

“Numbering our days aright” is a challenge and an opportunity at the same time. We have choices each day to make about how we use the time we’ve been given. The older I get, the cognizant I am of how precious each day is. I’m very particular and intentional about how I spend my time and also more sentimental too. I’ve become more outspoken about telling the people that I love that I love them. I want to spend more time with family and friends, more time outside in creation, and more time reading things that heal my heart and mind. I believe our kids need those same quiet spaces.

I want to help those in need, and I also want to love more deeply, those right in front of me. I believe we can show that LOVE through our TIME. Often, a certain book or story can be just the lead we need to start that needed conversation and time with our children Let’s model for our children by talking, praying, reading and just being available …. how to number our days in wise ways.

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