If you are a fan of Elisabeth Elliott's
and you have never read The Shaping of a Christian Family,
you need to read it. If you aren't a fan of hers,
maybe you need to read it anyway.
You might become a fan.
I remember getting really sucked into that book when
I read it, but now that I think about it,
that was a long time ago.
I should probably read it again.
and you have never read The Shaping of a Christian Family,
you need to read it. If you aren't a fan of hers,
maybe you need to read it anyway.
You might become a fan.
I remember getting really sucked into that book when
I read it, but now that I think about it,
that was a long time ago.
I should probably read it again.
I was thinking today about something from that book.
Elisabeth Elliott's father always got up very early in the morning and got all kinds of things accomplished right off the bat. Evidently people were amazed at how much he got done. They were always asking him how he did it, how he managed to get up so early and jump right into business of all sorts. He always gave the same pat answer:
"It starts the night before."
I think of that sometimes at night when I could go to bed....but I want to just have some undisturbed time on the computer or I stop to see what's on TV and get sucked into some movie for a couple of hours. We can be both night owls and early risers, you see. You might be able to do it for a while, but not long. I would prefer to be a night owl. That's what I used to be. But being a night owl just doesn't work very well with small children and a mommy who can't get by on snippets of sleep. 10:30 seems to be the normal time that I am snuggling into the covers now. You know, it's 9:30 right now and I could get off of this computer and get in the bed and maybe, just maybe, I wouldn't be quite
such a dead head in the morning.
"It starts the night before," you know.
Elisabeth Elliott's father always got up very early in the morning and got all kinds of things accomplished right off the bat. Evidently people were amazed at how much he got done. They were always asking him how he did it, how he managed to get up so early and jump right into business of all sorts. He always gave the same pat answer:
"It starts the night before."
I think of that sometimes at night when I could go to bed....but I want to just have some undisturbed time on the computer or I stop to see what's on TV and get sucked into some movie for a couple of hours. We can be both night owls and early risers, you see. You might be able to do it for a while, but not long. I would prefer to be a night owl. That's what I used to be. But being a night owl just doesn't work very well with small children and a mommy who can't get by on snippets of sleep. 10:30 seems to be the normal time that I am snuggling into the covers now. You know, it's 9:30 right now and I could get off of this computer and get in the bed and maybe, just maybe, I wouldn't be quite
such a dead head in the morning.
"It starts the night before," you know.
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As you know, I love E.E. too and need to read that book. When I have a hectic morning coming up, I sleep much better the night before if my clothes are laid out and things are "squared away." I'm doing that tonight, in fact.
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