{"id":63,"date":"2011-08-18T09:09:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T13:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/?p=63"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:33:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:33:55","slug":"whats-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/18\/whats-important\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s Important?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I\u00a0was a young mom with just 1, and then 2 kiddos, learning to juggle humans&#8230;<br \/>I wanted to\u00a0do everything well. Each morning I woke up with a list planned in my head. It\u00a0read something like: take a shower, have some quiet-time, start a load of laundry, put away dry dishes, feed the dogs, prepare breakfast so I could visit with my husband before work&#8230; all while waking, changing and feeding the children. Hah!<\/p>\n<p>It was usually played out, that the baby woke me before the alarm. The baby then woke the toddler, both were hungry and needed changing and that list I made got pushed further and further off. How was I ever going to make this work? No matter how organized I was, invariably something would happen to cause a glitch in my plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In those days, <strong>Elisabeth Elliot<\/strong> came on the radio, everyday for 15 minutes -Gateway To Joy. Her continually soothing voice said <em>God was my shepherd and He would calmly lead me<\/em>. This gave me hope. She reiterated things like<em> the spilled milk, the knock at the door, the appliance breaking, the emergency run to the doctor or store were the most important moments of the day<\/em>. She would tell me to <em>look for the <strong>interruptions<\/strong>, that it was God slowing me down; intervening in my plans. These were the moments of truth. Moments of testing my attitude. Moments that pushed perseverance and grew maturity<\/em> (James 1:2-4). Ugh<\/p>\n<p>Even today, 6 kids later (some days 7), my interruptions are a little different, but still pretty consistent.I \u00a0usually don&#8217;t get my shower until the last person is out the door for school. Lost books, a forgotten lunch, missing keys, last minute ride somewhere, laundry half-started. Yet I can hear that voice from way back saying,<strong> &#8220;this is the important work,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>what&#8217;s your attitude going to be?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t realize that the lesson I learned so young, was also being passed on to my children. It can be very stressful to have life <em>put-off<\/em> and changed quickly, <em>unless you&#8217;re purposefully looking for what God is doing.\u00a0<\/em>Those moments matter. Don&#8217;t lose heart! God IS gently leading us where He wants us to go. And when those inevitable interruptions come, remember they are our most important work!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again- rejoice!&#8221; Phil. 4:4<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake!<\/strong> &#8211;<em>Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/image0002-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/image0002-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/image0002-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/image0002-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/image0002-1568x1017.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>1st two: Ben and Sarah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I\u00a0was a young mom with just 1, and then 2 kiddos, learning to juggle humans&#8230;I wanted to\u00a0do everything well. 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