3 Fallback Devotional Habits for Parents When Your Quiet Time Is Interrupted
Finding time for morning devotionals as a parent can be really tough. These 3 habits have really helped me (and might help you too).
When I became a parent, my quiet times disappeared.
The routines I had spent years developing disappeared as I struggled to wake up and get my kids up too.
But in the last year, I've developed fallback strategies that have revived my devotional time.
I'm sharing them as they might help you too.
Habit 1: Involve Your Kids in Your Devotional Habits
Your kids don't have to inhibit your devotions.
By reading scripture to them, or praying with them, you can all benefit. It's tricky and does take work and adjustment — expounding the scripture you read. But when you do it, you all benefit.
So don't just survive, but thrive.
Habit 2: Identify a Fall Back Quiet Time Spot
Sometimes, it's just impossible to involve your kids.
Maybe they're ill or you all woke up late — it happens. At these times you need a backup time. This should be a spot you KNOW will be free like a commute to work, lunch break or after the kids go to sleep.
So even if you miss the morning, you still have time with God.
Habit 3: Get a helping hand from an app
Analog devotional times are deeper.
They require more focus and attention. But that doesn't mean using a devotional app like Lectio 365, Abide or The Bible Project are bad. These guided devotionals are perfect when you can only snap a few minutes between naps or when you're drained of energy.
You might even find one your kids can enjoy too.
I used to think that my kids were a barrier to my spiritual growth. The more I've involved them in my devotional time, the more I've been blessed and I believe they have too.
If you had to adopt one habit, I'd try the firs
