BONUS: Marked by Numbering Days
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
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🗓️ 1 January 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” —Psalm 90:12
Every seasoned parent knows how quickly time passes when you’re in the throes of raising kids. It seems like one day they’re toddlers and the next day you’re visiting colleges. Despite being cautioned that “the days are long, but the years are short,” it’s still hard to appreciate how fast it passes until you’re on the other side looking back.
As we start a new year, it’s a great time for our families to remember to number our days because time is fleeting. Counting our days is not meant to be mathematical, but missional. It’s living today as if you have no tomorrow. It’s making the most of every God-given opportunity, knowing that missed opportunities are often our greatest regrets.
David understood the brevity of life when he wrote, “You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure” (Psalm 39:5).
As we pray for our kids to number their days, ask the Lord to give them the wisdom to evaluate every decision and opportunity through the lens of eternity.
Lord, you are the God of the past, present, and future. We claim your promise that for every good work you begin in our kids, you will carry it to the point of completion. Please impress upon [name] the importance of numbering their days, knowing there is nothing more important or significant than the plans you have for them in this moment.
God’s word speaks: Psalm 39:4; Ephesians 5:15; James 4:14–15; Psalm 144:4
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting |
| 0:03.5 | Well, happy new year, everybody. |
| 0:17.4 | How was this possible? |
| 0:19.2 | I literally get dumbfounded. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm like, is it 2024? It's like the Jetsons. |
| 0:22.9 | Remember that show long ago where like the cars were riding in the air and it felt like that's so far away. |
| 0:28.7 | Or like Y2K, we thought the world was going to break down. Now we're in 2024. In fact, my first child will graduate in 2025. |
| 0:36.7 | And I remember when she got like the T-shirt |
| 0:39.5 | in kindergarten that was like, class of 2025. I'm like, is this a made up number? It didn't even |
| 0:43.7 | seem possible. And here we are. Time is flying. So I want to just recalibrate us. If you're new here, |
| 0:50.9 | my name is Courtney Defeo. And I'm the host of this podcast, Part of the Mess. |
| 0:55.2 | It is a podcast that's been around for some time, and I just got the pleasure of taking it over last May. |
| 1:00.6 | And it's two episodes a week during the school year, which means you're going to hear my voice a lot if you're a part of this. |
| 1:07.2 | And I'm so sorry for that. |
| 1:09.1 | But on Thursdays, we interview interesting people, |
| 1:12.1 | or I interview them, and you get to participate by listening and commenting. And it's typically |
| 1:17.2 | around the areas of faith and parenting. And then on Mondays, we simply pray together. Right now, |
| 1:22.1 | we're praying through a journal that Christian parenting put together called Marked by Prayer. |
| 1:26.8 | And it is awesome. I'm so |
| 1:28.8 | thrilled to be able to do this with you because it's every Monday, just a short and sweet episode, |
| 1:33.3 | and we pray through a topic together. So maybe you're headed to school with your kid. Nope, |
| 1:38.6 | it's January 1st. You're not headed to school. But maybe you're sitting there with some coffee, |
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