I have always tried to teach My Girls to Command Their Mornings! Chaise and Kailee told me this school year they want to do the "Chailee Morning Devotions". So on mornings that they have something they want to share we share it.
The most important thing we can do as parents for our children's is teach them to Command Their Mornings. What I mean by that is we have to help them develop a routine. We must lead by example even on those days we would rather just put the radio on and drive quietly! I can promise you with three girls our drive to school is not all butterflies and warm fuzzy. Don't get the wrong impression that our family is perfect.We had a morning last week that our car ride could have been a episode on the Jerry Springer Show:
This is how it went.....
Rielly started barking orders at us to get in the car because she was going to be late. By the time I got all of them in the car I was looking for my Clear Mood just so I could drive the car. Kailee and Rielly had been at each other all morning. Chaise was acting like she was St. Mary Claire and the perfect child which was making them all fume more. Finally, After I gave them a good old fashion yelling at and telling them I could not wait for them to ride the bus. I realized I had to get off the merry-go-round of craziness and get us back on track. Which you can imagine at this point was far from easy. So we went into the morning prayer.
Kailee prayed. Then, Rielly prayed in a quiet voice. So Kailee got on to Rielly telling her a prayer is not worth praying if I can't hear it. So we had a battle between sisters. I played referee for a brief moment then we went back into praying. Chaise wrapped it up!
The point of sharing that with you is letting you know. We all have those mornings when nothing goes right, we all fight, BUT the important thing is to teach them no matter what we get it done!
When you start praying as a family. There will be things that try to prevent that prayer or routine from happening. Please know, when you try to put routines in places everything will happen to try not to let that occur. You have to push through and Ask Yourself these questions: Do my kids hear my voice? How am I raising kids to seek Him First? If I am not willing to push through, why would they want to push through?
As for The Bethmann Family. Our girls know every morning we are going to do these 2 things no matter what happens!
1. Put the Armor of the Lord On
2. When they walk out the door of my car. I roll it down and say, "Girls, make wise choices today!"
The other day when I picked Rielly up from school she said, " Momma, the principal asked me if you say Make wise choices to me every morning? " Then she got a big grin on her face and said, "I told him every morning. I hear it!"
While they might act like they are embarrassed. You are letting them know you care about them enough to put a plan and daily routine in to place.
Our kids are in school all day. What impression are we leaving on our kids? Maybe it is a quick! You're a Champion!
So my two cent's of the day is: I want to encourage all of you to start from a very young age and develop your children into little Champions! Let's give them those routines they can count on happening no matter what the drive to school ends up being.
