{"id":4918,"date":"2016-06-16T10:09:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T14:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4918"},"modified":"2016-06-14T17:35:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T21:35:37","slug":"attaching-important-things-to-your-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/attaching-important-things-to-your-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Attaching Important Things To Your Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When we had three young children four and under, we went to a parenting seminar in which the wise teacher (Gregg Harris) taught us how to manage our day\u2014and get in the things that are truly important to us: \u201cAttach things that are important to you to something that is already in your schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was a struggling young mom, trying to teach our little ones to obey, love each other, enjoy learning, be helpful, desire God\u2019s Word, play creatively, and more. However, like many young stay-at-home moms, I had prioritizing and follow through problems. Mr. Harris\u2019 advice helped me get a handle on my preschoolers\u2019 days.<\/p>\n

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We came home from the seminar and began attaching our \u201cpriorities\u201d to the things that were already in place. Some things are predictable in a day automatically; they are \u201cconstances,\u201d so to speak. Children get up in the morning, eat three meals (and snacks!), take naps (more on that later!), and go to bed at night (more on that later, too!).<\/p>\n

We chose the things that we truly wanted to make happen in our littles\u2019 daily schedule: Bible reading in the morning; chore training; afternoon story time; etc. We attached these to the \u201cconstances\u201d of our kids\u2019 days, and before we knew it, we were having successful days\u2026and we soon attached more things to our attachments until we were attaching to our attachments. And our days became one big, long attachment\u2014getting to many of the things that were priorities in our hearts but were not happening in real life.<\/p>\n

I have talked a lot about doing things with our children that teach them important Christian virtues and behaviors. It is easy to hear someone talk about these things, and think, Yeah, that sounds great\u2026.but it is easier said than done!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m here to tell you today that you can do this! If something is a true priority in your family\u2019s life, you can make it happen, regardless of children\u2019s ages, work schedules, financial situation, and more.<\/p>\n

Take the most important thing to you that you know you should do with your children but never seem to get to. Daily devotions? Prayer time? Read aloud? Story time? Chore time? Morning routines? Talk time? Only choose one\u2014and decide that this one thing will become a habit in your home.<\/p>\n

Now choose the most constant scheduled activity in your family\u2014rising, breakfast, lunch, after school snack, bedtime, etc. And attach your priority to that. Be realistic. Do not try to do everything at one time. Do not make it a long, drawn-out affair. Just start tomorrow doing the highest priority item attached to the most consistent \u201cconstant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep your activity short at first. If you choose to read a Bible story aloud while the kids eat breakfast each morning, get one of those One Minute Bible story books or some other quick read, and dig in and do it. Do not be discouraged if it is a five minute read. Do not be dismayed if you miss occasionally (the \u201cmore often than not\u201d principle will be explained tomorrow!). Just do it!<\/p>\n

Once you have some consistency with this, you can tackle another \u201cattachment.\u201d And so on and so forth. Before you know it, your home will be a center\u2014a learning center, spiritual center, fun center, heart-affecting center\u2014all of the things that the Christian home was designed to be. Don\u2019t worry if you mess up\u2014our children are quick to \u201ccatch us in inconsistencies,\u201d and they will be sure to let you know that your \u201cattachment\u201d is slipping!<\/p>\n

How have you managed to be consistent with important things in your home? Give us some of your tricks!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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