Finding Time with the Lord

I received a card from my women's group leader Thursday night that really convicted me.  At a koinania a while back, we had shared how we were keeping ourselves fed with God's Word.  I don't remember my exact response, but I had shared that with working full-time, a husband and 2 children to take care of, and a household to look after, it's hard to have a set specific time.  So, what I had shared was that I try to always make sure I have God's Word readily available wherever I am.  Tim and I have an assorted collection of Bibles, so I try to make sure there is always something, somewhere.  In my purse/bag, in the living room, in the bedroom, in my car, etc - so that when I do find I have "down" time, there is always something there waiting for me to be fed from.  However, the reality is that I am a hoarder of "down" time.  When the kids go down, I want to "relax."  Or I discover, the dishes haven't been done and the laundry needs to be put away.  OH, and here's the new one - WE NEED TO PACK!  I do not like to confess that I have other things I allow to compete for the time I should and need to be spending with the Lord.  With that out in the open, here is little bit of what my leader wrote in my card that has really exhorted me to "get back in the game," so to speak...

"...your example of studying God's Word in the mist of all that has really challenged me to use the time I have to the fullest.  You shared at one of our koinanias about having God's Word or devotionals easily accessible around your home which I now have done and it has been a real encouragement to me.  Wherever I sit His Word is waiting!...."

Who would have known that something I shared at our koinania would touch my leader is such a special way?  I really do not view myself as anything great, not a scholar, not anyone important.  I jsut feel I am a child of God, struggling along the way on this road called life.  It was amazing to knwo that God used something I shared and struggled with to encourage someone else that I had been looking to as an example on how to follow and obey God's Word.

Well, hope everyone is off to a great weekend!