It may be different for each of us, but as this period of everything coming to a halt is starting to get real, I want to encourage us to stop and consider what it would look like to win these weeks.
Some of us will find ourselves in more difficult predicaments than others, so winning might be, “I made an effort to be patient.” Winning might be, “I didn’t slip back into that addiction,” or, “I didn’t lose hope.”
Let’s set our gaze by taking some time and writing down our wins so that this time doesn’t pass us by.
When I look at this season, I am going to have more time with my kids than I ever have had and maybe ever will. Kindness, patience, and compassion will only be sustainable if they come from my God. So my win will be taking time to plead with Him every morning that He would give me what I need to pour into my kids each day.
I want to have participated in the things my kids like to do. That would be a win. So I am going to make a habit of saying yes. Yes to playing kickball even if I don’t want to play, yes to watercolor painting, yes to LEGO’s, yes to laying with my kids when they want to take a nap together.
I want to start creating habits and doing the things that we haven’t made time for, but would like to be part of our lives, like memorizing Bible verses, reading books aloud to my older kids, and family walks.
Your wins might be different than mine, but let’s enter into these weeks intentionally. Let’s write the things down and put them on our mirrors so that in the midst of the “this getting a little long,” we don’t miss the time.
Some days the win might be, “I was nice to my kids today.” And that might be all we can muster, and that’s enough. Let’s make it. But let’s more than make it…let’s win. Carpe Diem.
