Ask and ye Shall Receive

So after another day of not so fabulous study time I was beginning to wonder if it would ever be possible with young children and babysitting others to have alone private time to search, ponder and pray. At least alone time when I'm not exhausted beyond all belief and opening the scriptures will cause me to fall asleep. And then it hit me: God WANTS me to succeed. He WANTS me to do this. He WANTS to help me. But I didn't ask. As we know from the scriptures (and MANY MANY personal experiences) "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." (Matt. 7:7). So I decided to pray about it. I knew the Lord could and would help.

However....it's not always as I have planned. I again planned to wake up early and get my studying done before the children were awake. Again when my alarm went off at 6:30 I rolled over to find my 2 year old staring at me. Excitedly she exclaimed, "Mommy's awake!" Turns out she had been awake for 20 minutes already. As soon as I got out of bed my son started crying which woke up my 5 year old and it was 6:30 in the morning and all the kids were waiting on me. When was I going to get in my study time!

Today, however, I only have to babysit one little boy. He's 1 year old and rather quiet. He showed up and cuddled up on the floor drinking his bottle and playing quietly with a little car. My 5 year old decided life was too boring so she went back to bed. My 2 year old plopped down with a Barney video and my 1 year old was ready for a nap by 8:30. The house was still clean and it was quiet! Of course my mind did think it was the perfect time to read a book or practice the piano or read other people's blogs. But then I remembered....Now is my chance to study. And so study I did. It felt great to know that with the Lord's help all things are possible. He wants us to succeed in life. He wants us to improve our lives, our homes and our families. He is there in all things to help us out. I can never seem to find the time. But the Lord is able to provide the time, if I am willing to allow him to lead my life.