#1 tip to regularly give time to your children.
Walking by the grace of God, it will now be a daily battle to break this culture-enforced habit.
Here’s my #1 tip for you to begin giving time back to your children:
Be intentional.
To succeed, you’ll need to be intentional. Commit to giving time to your children. Seriously.
Write it in your schedule. Breakfast time? Theirs. Dinner time? Theirs. The hour before bed? Theirs. And if it is their time, then turn off work and the social media world. How? Put your smartphone in airplane mode so you’ll not get notifications from Twitter or emails from the boss. Ban smartphones and iPads from the dinner table.
Remember, the world won’t collapse during this time. Be present in body and in your mind. Stop thinking about work.
If you’re not intentional about keeping boundaries, you’ll likely fail. I fail. Be ruthless in your boundaries, and desperately ask for God’s help to enforce them.
My motive.
I’m thankful God is a better Father than I’ll ever be. This blog post is what I desperately needed to hear months ago. I’ve written this so I won’t forget.
The Lord used a variety of means recently to bring to my attention the severity of my “minor,” but regular, offenses. Please don’t receive this post as a burden to carry.
Pray about it. Repent of any failures. Thank your Heavenly Father for Jesus. Then leave work on time tonight, rejoicing and ready to give attention to your children who need it.
