Week 1

Hey peeps: read the previous post first or this one will be confusing :)

 

 

WEEK 1:

The commandment:

(Exodus 20:3)

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Obviously, I don't worship any god except my Heavenly Father.

But this commandment got me thinking about the things in my life that maybe I place in higher priority than getting closer to my Heavenly Father.

It took a bit, but eventually I thought of one thing I value more than almost anything else.......

sleep.

I have loved sleeping in my whole life.

I can't STAND not getting a full night and I am big time cranky if I am inturrupted.

Having little babies was/ is hard for me.

I always make excuses and say things like "i'm just not a morning person" and "my body doesn't function on less than 8 hours" and blah blah blah.

The personal confessions:

I usually lay around in the morning and don't get things done.

I hardly ever (really, pretty much never) get up before my kids.

And I've struggled with remembering morning prayer for forever (insert *gasp* here).

The personal epiphany:

When I place sleep above productivity, scripture study, and prayer I'm placing other things before my worship and study of God.

The goal:

I will get up every morning this week at 6:30am. My kids don't wake up until 7:30 or 8 usually. I will read, pray, get dressed and MAKE MY BED SO I CAN'T CRAWL BACK IN TO IT.

Hope for the outcome:

Greater spirituality and motivation to get things done throughout the day! Go me!

And a scripture for motivation:

Doctrine and Covenants, Section 88, verse 124: "Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; cease to find fault one with another; cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated."