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Hey friends, Emily here. Maybe you've recently had a similar experience to the one I had this

morning. After setting my alarm to wake up early for time to read the word and pray in silence

with my hot coffee, things did not go as planned. We had two kids wake up in the night, one that

woke up every hour crying. So this morning, instead of waking up to my alarm clock,

I was woken up by a child who I pulled out of their crib into my coveted quiet time space.

Instead of being cozy in my favorite spot, I sat in a mostly dark living room,

monitoring a before the crack of dawn playtime while I got in a short bit of reading.

Let's be honest, with all of the responsibilities on our plate and the needs of our children,

sometimes the little years feel like the last years. We wonder how we're going to be consistent

about reading the Bible or exist off the little bits of scripture we can fit into our days.

We feel like a thriving relationship with God might just need to wait for a later season of life.

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