{"id":4927,"date":"2018-05-31T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2018-05-31T14:20:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T18:20:17","slug":"often-not-secret-consistency-without-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/often-not-secret-consistency-without-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"More Often Than Not\u2014The Secret to Consistency Without Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier I introduced Gregg Harris\u2019 \u201cattachment\u201d principle for doing the many things that are important in our kids\u2019 Christian upbringing. (Read Attaching Important Things To Your Schedule here<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Today I want to introduce another paradigm that has kept us going in all of the myriad Christian training endeavors: If something is important to you, you will do it more often than you do not.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simple, really. But it has kept us going when we felt defeated, overwhelmed, or unsuccessful in our parenting. No matter what was happening, we tried to follow that principle. When one of us got discouraged, the other would remind the first that we were, indeed, doing what we were supposed to be doing.<\/p>\n

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I haven\u2019t done afternoon story time for two days in a row with Kara\u2019s colic. Ray\u2019s answer? All that matters is that you do it more often than you don\u2019t. And I knew that it was true. I am not perfect. Managing a houseful of preschoolers certainly made perfection on a daily basis out of the question!<\/p>\n

However, I knew in my heart of hearts what I wanted our home to be. I knew what I wanted my day to look like (and what it needed to look like in order to accomplish all that we wanted to accomplish).<\/p>\n

We knew what we wanted in our children\u2019s Christian upbringing. And we knew that as long as we persevered and did those important things \u201cmore often than not,\u201d we could make it.<\/p>\n

Make that your goal for new disciplines in your family\u2014that if you plan to do devotions every school morning during breakfast, and you make it three of the five\u2014you have done it \u201cmore often than not.\u201d<\/p>\n

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If you want to read aloud to your tweens before bed during the week, and you read three out of the five weeknight bedtimes, you have done it\u2014\u201cmore often than not.\u201d And you are well on your way to success in carrying out the things that are important to you in your Christian parenting.<\/p>\n

Raising children for the Lord is not a sprint. It is a marathon, or if you are married, a life-long relay. Running fast and hard at the beginning is not what will get you to the finish line. Slow and steady is what will get you there. And reading, praying, singing, talking, choring, playing, teaching, training, etc. \u201cmore often than not\u201d will help you cross that finish line someday knowing that have done what you were supposed to do\u2014without regrets for all of the \u201cpriorities\u201d that never truly were priorities but just unfulfilled wishes.<\/p>\n

How could the \u201cmore often than not\u201d principle help you in your parenting? Would it bring freedom? Could it bring more consistency than you get with trying for perfection?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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