EP 49 - Busy but Grounded: How We Keep God First in a Full House

Summary

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Podcast Summary: More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle Busby

Episode 49: Busy but Grounded – How We Keep God First in a Full House
Date: September 11, 2025
Hosts: Adam and Danielle Busby

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Adam and Danielle Busby dive deep into how they balance the busyness of raising six daughters, running a household, and managing daily chaos—while prioritizing their faith. They candidly discuss real-life strategies to keep God at the center, practical routines, and meaningful moments of connection, even during hectic family life. The tone is honest, playful, and encouragement-filled, sharing both their struggles and small victories in keeping grounded.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Real-World Family Chaos

• Homework Night Mayhem

  • Danielle and Adam share the nitty-gritty of homework time with their quintuplets and Blake. Each child wants space, doesn’t want siblings to copy, and never seems to have a pencil at home.
  • “Five girls trying to do homework, and they don't want to sit by each other to do the homework because they don't want each other to copy.” — Danielle (04:22)
  • Adam notes the comedy in this routine: “I know all the answers without even reading them. Number 10 is 266.” (09:00)
  • Danielle highlights lessons in responsibility and consequences as Hazel nearly turns in late work—“Trying to teach my kids consequences that you can't tell us at breakfast ... you had a worksheet to do.” (06:38)

• Dividing and Conquering Activities

  • Adam and Danielle split duties: Adam at football games taking photos, Danielle at tennis practice. They share how each child’s schedule pulls in different directions.

2. Building Habits to Keep God First Amid Busyness

• Struggles & Imperfect Attempts

  • Adam admits: “I don’t have a quiet time every day…once my day starts, I go straight to the gym and then just kids and school, and…meetings…I don’t prioritize my time some days with God.” (12:36)
  • Danielle pushes for balance, emphasizing building a habit: “If you can create a habit, just like you go to the gym…you’re talking to Jesus before you get out of bed, you know, you’re praying…” (14:47)
  • Both reflect on not beating themselves up for imperfection. “God sees your effort, sees your lack of effort.” — Adam (13:10)

• Small Quiet Moments

  • Danielle offers practical advice:
    • Use downtime—“When you're in the car at the red light...take two minutes, just...pray for your spouse, pray for your kids, pray for someone who's sick…just one small habit can change the way your faith works.” (16:00)
    • Leverage “mundane” routines (toilet, shower, carpool line) to intentionally connect with God.
      • “Every day you have a window. When you're sitting on a toilet, there's your time. Everybody's going to sit on the toilet. Give one of those times to Jesus.” — Danielle (36:17)

3. Making Faith Accessible: Tools & Tips

• How to Start Reading the Bible
  • Adam: “The Bible app is a great resource…so many reading plans…small chunks, manageable.” (18:44)
  • Danielle recommends starting with the New Testament, especially the Gospels: “Just start with the New Testament…about the life of Jesus.” (19:36)
  • Adam stresses not to worry about checking boxes but focus on quality time: “He prefers your heart over your just head knowledge.” (37:53)

4. Passing Faith to Children in a Large Family

• Involving the Kids
  • Danielle shares stories about taking the girls to the Christian bookstore to pick out devotionals and how that ownership gets them excited about faith habits. (40:17)
  • Table and van conversations after church are meaningful: “Favorite things is like dinner time... tell me, what was your good today?” (43:14)
  • They encourage intentional family debriefs after church—asking about crafts or stories heard.

5. Danielle’s Personal Faith Journey

• Danielle discusses coming to faith in her 20s and the growth that comes from continual learning, not perfection:
  • “Here I am 41 years old and I still feel like that…there's still so much more to learn. God's word is living word.” (30:52, 31:19)
  • She finds comfort in stories of “ordinary people”—like Amos—used by God: “You don’t have to be perfect, you don’t have to be enough because God already knows you’re enough.” (33:25)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Faith in the Mundane:
  • “When you’re in the car at the red light...just start a habit at the red lights. Pray for your spouse, pray for your kids…just one small habit” — Danielle (16:00)
• On Consistency vs. Perfection:
  • “We all probably struggle to stay on routines ritually…we’ve learned this since we’ve had six kids. Whatever we have planned for today, we know it’s not going to go as we envision.” — Danielle (21:05)
• On Bible Knowledge:
  • “A lot of atheists have read the Bible cover to cover…and I mean, they have head knowledge, but he doesn’t have their heart.” — Adam (38:07)
• On Involving Kids:
  • “They [the girls] were excited that was theirs and they had that…and so they took ownership in that.” — Adam (40:54)
• On Small Steps:
  • “Just do it. Just next time you’re at the red light or on the toilet, in the shower, whatever, just say a prayer.” — Danielle (44:04)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Family Homework Chaos & Responsibility – 03:12–10:49
• Making Time for God in a Busy Schedule – 11:52–16:31
• Practical Advice: Small Habits of Faith – 16:31–21:25
• Tips for Bible Reading Beginners – 18:44–21:05
• Faith as a Family Routine – 40:17–43:30
• Danielle’s Faith Journey & Encouragement for Beginners – 30:29–36:35
• Importance of Heart over Head – 37:43–38:21

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Takeaway Challenge from the Hosts

• Danielle’s Close:
  • “Just remember, guys, you don't have to do everything. God never asked you to carry it all. He just asked you to seek him first. So peace out, guys.” (45:04)

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Episode Flow & Tone

• Natural, humorous, and candid: The Busbys toggle between playful marital banter (“I did four of those worksheets, I know the answers”) and honest admissions of struggle.
• Balanced encouragement and realism: They’re open about not doing everything right, but focus on realistic faith habits that even the busiest parent can manage.
• Practical, accessible, and warm: Even faith newcomers or “imperfect Christians” will find encouragement and actionable ideas.

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For anyone feeling overwhelmed by family or work…or daunted by starting (or restarting) faith habits, this episode provides relatable stories, gentle motivation, and simple steps—all delivered with the Busby family’s signature warmth and humor.

Transcript

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[A]

Everybody get your folders. You know, if she's got homework, then you have homework.

[B]

How do we balance busyness in life? Busyness versus balance. How do we keep God first? This is More than Reality podcast where we dive into all things faith, family and marriage and share that there is so much more than the reality that you see on the surface. Welcome to More Than Reality with Adam and Danielle Busby.

[A]

What's up, guys? This is More than Reality podcast with Adam and Danielle Busby.

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Hello. Hello.

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And for that got me was Dale.

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You'Re at fault for that.

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So we just got back. We went to Bronson. He's in middle school, seventh grade.

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It was his first football game.

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It was his first real football game. And so they actually played here fake football game. Well, last. The last game was just a scrimmage. So this was like their real football game. And so they played over here in our town now, friends of wood. And so we just drove down the road and watched him play for a little bit.

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I didn't get to see it because I was at tennis with Riley and.

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So I just sent him a bunch of photos and of course he's responding to him.

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Yeah.

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So, yeah, that's what's fun. I get to take my nieces and nephews photos whenever I go watch them play.

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It's like, is Adam come and bring his camera?

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Yeah, I know.

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Anyway, so. Oh, gosh, I don't even remember what episode are we on or did we hit 50 yet? No. Oh, dang it.

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Last Week. We were just talking about 48.

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Yeah, but I thought that was two episodes ago, so.

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And there's not just 50 weeks in a year.

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I know. 52.

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And we missed one week.

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Okay, whatever.

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So we're like, so a year and a week before we hit the.

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I'm so uncomfortable right now with this. Why is this. Feel like my chair's off and my mic's off and everything's off.

[A]

Moved a bunch of stuff around because I had a photo shoot this week or a video shoot, and I. I just grabbed a bunch of gear and ran out the door. So, like, everything's kind of feels out of place right now. But you had. You took Riley to tennis. I did it her last few practices, and so Danielle took her, and then I took the other four quints. Blake stayed home and did homework.

[B]

Yeah. So she's getting a dose of, like, high school and, like, how different it is. And, you know, there's homework. And I guess, like, today there was, like, an outage of, like, network Internet or whatever, but the teachers were still like, well, you still need to go home and do this work every class. She's like, I have to do work at everyone. I'm like, well, this is high school, babe. This is high school. No, no more. No more.

[A]

I feel like high school is a lot different than it was whenever we grew up.

[B]

I mean, I had homework in elementary school. You know, these kids don't even know it.

[A]

I feel like I never did homework.

[B]

Back in the 1900s.

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I feel like I never took anything home that.

[B]

Let's talk about homework. So quintuplets and homework, which, don't get me wrong, it's not a lot of homework, and it's not hard homework. It's just five girls trying to do homework, and they don't want to sit by each other to do the homework because they don't want each other to copy.

[A]

But they all have the same homework.

[B]

But they all have the same homework. So in my head, I'm like, let's.

[A]

Work on this together. Let's just do it together one by one.

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Let's do one.

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But I'll answer all the questions, but.

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Then you've got something. Some that need help and some that I'm like, don't move to the next one until we're all ready to go. And then she's on number three, and we're still on number one.

[A]

I didn't bring home a pencil, and.

[B]

I don't have a pencil.

[A]

We realized we need to have a box of pencils. At home?

[B]

Yes. I'm like, we bought so many pencils.

[A]

Yeah, we bought, like, each of them, like their own, like, case.

[B]

I guess I gotta keep them at school. I guess they can't bring their pencil pouch.

[A]

We keep them at school in our box. Well, if you bring in homework home, bring a pencil home.

[B]

You probably each have 40 pencils at school. Can you just each bring one?

[A]

I think you can spare one. Keep one in your backpack.

[B]

But last week, so they all had the same, like, math worksheet. And I think there's like 10 problems on. And they're like, problem solving ones. And they're in division and fractions and stuff. And Ava is probably, like, the. Probably the quickest. Her and Parker are usually the ones that, like, on Monday they'll get to be like, they want to do their homework. And Which I like that because I'm like, okay, let's. I'll knock out two. That's. That's good. And so by the time I get to the next day, nobody else wanted to do their homework that day. And the next day comes around, and it was like, Olivia and Riley had tennis. Such and such was down the street. Like, you know, so it was just Olivia. I was like, all right, I'll just do this with Olivia. This was my third time doing that.

[A]

Worksheet, that same sheet.

[B]

Then it comes Thursday. We didn't do anything Wednesday. I think we had something going on or something. And so then Thursday comes in. Well, it's due on Friday. So here's Thursday. Riley's gonn do hers. And then I don't know what happened with Hazel's because I found out about it yesterday that she needed to turn hers in today.

[A]

Well, she had the paper that they.

[B]

Did last week because she didn't do it. She didn't do it. And so I'm trying to teach my kids consequences that you can't tell us at breakfast or when it's time to get in the car to go to school that you had a worksheet to do. And I said, well, we talk about homework almost every single day. If you don't know that you have homework, I'm not at school with you. I'm not going to baby you every. Like, I can't keep up with it, you know? And when we're all doing homework and you're not doing it, why aren't you doing it? Yeah, there's almost. It's like a. It's like a lesson too, that, like, I too, am like, could I be like, get your paper get your paper, get your paper. Get your paper. Get your homework. Like, I mean, I do that anyway and it still doesn't work.

[A]

Everybody get your folders. You know if she's got homework, then you have homework, right?

[B]

And so she was trying to do it today. And I said, I said, hazel or.

[A]

Maybe, or maybe cuz Riley, Olivia and Parker in one class. And then Hazel and Aver.

[B]

It's the same teacher. It's the same papers. No, it was the same one. So I just.

[A]

Some of them will say, oh yeah, I have homework. And then others will not. And then they'll come home the next day or two days later and then they have that paper.

[B]

No, it's because they don't want to do it. And they know it's not due till Friday and it's still in their folder.

[A]

So it's usually like Wednesday or Thursday evening.

[B]

Yeah.

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We're huddled around the coffee table.

[B]

So Hazel Hayes was like, I needed. After she showered tonight. She's like, I need to do my homework. I was like, baby, homework. I said, we can't do homework at 8:30 when it's past bedtime. And she's like, no, this is the one. I said, was this the one from last week that you turned in today that you were supposed to get a conduct mark? Like a mark because you didn't do it? And she said, yes, but she said, I can turn it into tomorrow. I said, okay, let's go do the homework.

[A]

And so nobody wants to give Hazel a mark.

[B]

Listen, and I'm.

[A]

She's already, she's already got teachers wrapped.

[B]

Listen, I'm like, give her a mark. Give her a mark.

[A]

They won't do it.

[B]

Give her a mark. It's been two times.

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Nobody wants to be mean to Hazel.

[B]

I mean, she's about crying.

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Sweet.

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It's just crying.

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She's probably crying whenever she turned it in.

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I didn't do it. My mama said, I guarantee what they're saying.

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I guarantee you she pulled that paper out crying.

[B]

No, but we're sitting down there and I look and I go, oh, this is the one that I did four times last week. I know all the answers to this without even reading them. Number 10 is 266 number. Like it was just funny.

[A]

Well, I went back after you last week. No, if they had some wrong.

[B]

No, no, it's not, it's not my work if they're doing it.

[A]

But if I say they did it wrong, I'm gonna walk through it and say, okay, this one is not right. Now let's work back through the process.

[B]

I do that too. But if they're doing it and they're like this times this is this number and they go and they're doing it and I'm like, okay. Like they have to be able to learn too. They're not going to learn by me correcting every single, every single step. They. I'm watching them but just every once in a while they'll do something out of place and they know what they're doing.

[A]

Plus the, like the, the new math. The way that they teach math to kids.

[B]

No, they're teaching it more like we. I grew up learning it these days.

[A]

But whenever Blake was going through because.

[B]

That was all supposed to teach them how to do it easier like it.

[A]

I swear, I swear it took 10 minutes longer.

[B]

I know to do everything it's supposed supposedly confuses the parents but it's supposed.

[A]

To help them later on when they.

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Get to like fractions in algebra.

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Yeah. I forget what they call it that I don't know the new type of math or learning or whatever. But it drove me nuts.

[B]

Yeah. I was like, I don't know what you're doing.

[A]

Just I never drew all these boxes and rows.

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And I mean it makes sense once you, once you, once you know it.

[A]

I mean it's more visual.

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Yeah, just like whatever. Anyway, that's a boring topic to intro.

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Yes. Yes, thank you. So let's see. Today's topic of conversation is going to be how do we balance busyness in life and keeping God involved in our life? Keeping God first. So busyness versus balance. How do we keep God first in a full life? Like how do we keep it in a full life? Because our life is non stop. And I think a Lot of people can relate to this topic. I know that, you know, I am not perfect and I'm never going to be, but I feel like I do try and I'm always conscious of, like, you know, my time with God. My time with God.

[A]

You're definitely more intentional than I am, for sure, because I let my day get the. Get the most of me. And so, I mean, I don't, I don't have. And I'll be completely upfront. Like, I don't have a quiet time every day because, like, just once my day starts, I go straight to the gym and then just kids and school and. And then if I have a meeting first thing in the morning, I gotta hurry up. Once kids get to school, take a shower and then get out the door. And then sometimes, you know, I may, you know, in between meetings or something like that, go find a quiet spot and like, read my Bible or something like that. Just on my phone. Have it a reading plan that, like, I'll just go through and, and find the day or whatever and then read the. But just like spending. Just quality time because, you know, whenever it comes to a quiet time. Yes, reading. Reading your Bible. Reading your Bible is so beneficial, but also just praying and meditating and just like spending time with God as a whole nother thing. And so sometimes, you know, I'll read my Bible, but then, like, I won't take that extra time. Like, I may do like a quick pair or something like that or if something stands out. But it's not just like, okay, I don't. And it's, it's wrong because, like, I don't give God. I don't prioritize my time some days with God. And, you know, I think, I'm not gonna say I think that's okay. It's not okay. But we're not perfect either. And God sees your effort, sees your lack of effort. But.

[B]

But I think what I. I think.

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What the thing is just to not beat yourself up about it.

[B]

I don't, I don't necessarily agree with that.

[A]

I mean, you don't want it. You don't want to feel shame in.

[B]

No, you don't want to feel shame or guilt about it.

[A]

Whenever I say beat yourself up. But he doesn't want you feeling shame.

[B]

But you, You've said it on the podcast a couple times. Like, you sometimes try to control, like, yeah, when you, when you're like, okay, I feel like God's brought us to this place. Okay, you're good. Like, you don't keep, like, you Kind of like then you take control over that. And so what you're saying today is that you don't necessarily prioritize it every day, but you're aware of that. Yeah, but you also are so easily distracted by a lot of things. So what you have to do is start setting habits. If you can create a habit. Just like you go to the gym and you create a habit where you're reading your Bible or you're literally just before you get out of bed, before you get out of bed to go to the gym, you're talking to Jesus, you know, you're praying, like right there in your bed before you get up. Like, creating a habit is what will start. And I will say, like, I am not. I'm not a morning person. I'm not one who, you know, wakes up in my first. My first time goes to that. Sometimes it is because sometimes, like, I wake up in the middle of the night and like, I just start praying and I'm thinking because I can't go to sleep, and then I'm thinking about something and I just feel like I just need to pray about that if it's keeping me up or I can't sleep or I'm thinking about someone or like, those are just my intuitions. Like, okay, I'm. I need to just pray about that. So my thing is, I get up and I know, I know where my downtime is coming throughout the day, but I am more of like a mind structured person. And so I know that, like, I. I have God all day. Like, all day. You two, you two and you two listening, have God all day. You just have to be aware that he's always there. When are you going to be present with him? When you're in the car at the red light. Instead of taking five seconds or the two minutes it takes, however long red light is, for you to take a quick peek at your phone. Just take two minutes. Just. I mean, that is a little bitty small action right there. Like, just to start. Like, pray for your spouse. Just start a habit at the red lights. Pray for your spouse, pray for your kids. Pray for someone who's sick. Pray for someone who's hurting. Like, pray for a friend. Like, it's just one small habit that can change the way your faith works, you know? And I'm not one who wakes up first thing in the morning, but I will say I love, I love the quality of after kids go to school, I know I'm less distracted. It doesn't mean I don't have stuff that I gotta knock out, and I'm gonna get behind today, but that's okay because I know God is deserving of. Of this time. And I know that the more I read my Bible, the more intrigued I am of things that I've already heard that want me to know more. And that's interesting to say, because I couldn't have said that. Yeah, I wouldn't have been able to say that 10, 20 years ago. You know, I get over, like, it. A lot of. A lot of questions have been coming in about, like, how does one start. How does one start reading the Bible? You know, because it's intimidating. I don't like to. I never like to read. And I look at that book and it's like 4 inches thick. You're like, I ain't reading that.

[A]

You know, I mean, the easiest way to start is just like, finding. I mean, honestly, the Bible app is a great resource because there's so many small Bible studies, there's so many reading plans on there where, you know, you can. It'll give you small. You know, you can knock it out in small chunks, and it makes it manageable, and you can. You can check it off the checklist. And it, like, gives you, like, a little prompt, like, you completed today's, you know, reading or whatever. And that does help build habits. And I mean, that's like the reading plan that I go through. I mean, it's just, you know, it's all, you know, you may have four passages that today, and that's it. And then. But over the course of a year, you know, lo and behold, you read the whole Bible.

[B]

But also.

[A]

And I would say if you're. If you're just like, wanting to learn about the Bible, almost ditch the. And I'm not gonna say. Well, I don't want to say ditch, but start. Just start with the New Testament. Start with, you know, the life of Jesus that he lived, may go back and, you know, read like, psalms and proverbs and stuff like that. But, you know, just read about the life of Jesus. So Matthew, Mark, you know, all the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, you know, and. And kind of continue through there, the starting of the church and. And all those things. And I. I feel like that's where you get like, a lot of the benefit of understanding and, you know, the Gospel and, you know, you. It's easy to get bogged down if you start in Genesis. Genesis is very interesting. Exodus is cool. But then you get to Leviticus, and.

[B]

Then if you don't understand the Word.

[A]

It is like, lineage and rules and all this stuff that was, like, way in the. In the old law and stuff before Jesus came. And, I mean, there's just so much there that will just bog you down.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And so that's why. That's why the reading plans are really good, because, you know, it'll jump around. And so you may have a few things in the New Testament, a few things in the Old Testament, and then it kind of whittles those around little by little.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And so it helps. It helps a ton.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, even. Even with. I feel like, you know, we all. We all probably struggle to stay on, like, routines ritually. Like there, I don't know, one person who doesn't get off track.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

In. In any capacity. Right. And even with what I have in. In my. In my mind or in. In our life, whatever we. We've learned this since we've had six kids. Whatever we have planned for today, we know it's not going to.

[A]

Yeah. It's not going to go how you.

[B]

It's not going to go as we envision, because something's going to happen, and it might be something. It might even be something good that happens outside. It's just not going to be what was always something. There's just always something. Always something that happens. And so we always have to keep our minds a little bit open to the day, you know, But I think.

[A]

That'S why it's best to make it a priority in the morning before things start. For sure.

[B]

Yeah. But I also. But I. Okay, so.

[A]

But there's also people that are like. Well, I'm a night person. And so.

[B]

Yeah. And so I read my.

[A]

I can't do that at night if I lay down in my bed.

[B]

Wait till everybody. What? I just got. I'm so excited about.

[A]

Daniel. Just.

[B]

I've been one of those.

[A]

Daniel just bought a reading light, and it's like this LED light with a little gooseneck that clips onto whatever you're reading. Yeah.

[B]

And has.

[A]

And it's bright as crap.

[B]

It. No, your. Your phone is bright. No, it has three dim. It has three switches on. I put it on the lightest one, too, because I don't need a lot of light, but that's hilarious.

[A]

She is a night owl, and so she'll. She can lay in bed and she can read and study or. Or do whatever she's working on for a while. I know that. But me, the second I lay down, if I want to pick something up to read or if I'm reading a book, at the time or whatever, I might get through two pages and I'm out. It's falling in my. Over in my lap, Michael. Okay, I'm gonna have to read that back again tomorrow because I'm never comprehending.

[B]

Because you never read it.

[A]

And it's. Isn't it funny how you can read and you'll. You'll still keep reading, but you like. All comprehension goes out the window.

[B]

You're just reading words, but you don't. You're not intaking it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. That means a lot to me.

[A]

That's 199 of the stuff that I read. I do audiobooks. And if it's something really important, like a Bible study or like a book study that I'm doing with some other people, like on leadership or something, I will buy the book. And I also buy the audiobook.

[B]

Yeah, I do that too.

[A]

And I'll listen to it as I'm reading it. And it helps me kind of understand and might comprehend because I'm doing both at the same time.

[B]

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[A]

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Yeah. Well, you just never know what they're gonna put in it for, like to make it preservatives or. I mean, whenever it comes to vegetables, it's like stuff that they put in it to ripen it.

[B]

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[A]

They like expose it to like this gas. But I mean, that's just the thing nowadays. I mean, like, there's.

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[B]

Thank you. This whole topic is interesting because I think about like becoming a Christian in my 20s. And so I had a conversation with someone today and it was like, you know, the story of this hard life growing up and was like left outside to die. Pretty much parent. The mother did not want this child left outside to die. And someone found her, brought this baby to the hospital. And then it just, she grew up in an orphanage. But she saw this girl, one of her foster homes reading a Bible and asked her how does she do that and what does that mean? Or whatever. So anyways, I think about like how different it is for my perspective because a lot of my life before, before, like you knew Jesus a lot longer than I did.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Right. And I didn't get saved and baptized as a believer until I was like 25 years old. And so I still, I remember in the beginning being like, I just, I feel like I need, I have to catch up. Like there's so much I need to learn.

[A]

There's so much I need to go to Sunday school.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And like sit around and learn all the Bible stories with the kids.

[B]

Yeah. This, this class has scared me too. But I, I, but I still, but here I am 41 years old and I still feel like that. And I can still read the same stories and I can still feel there's so many, still so much more to learn. There's still like. It's like God's word is like, it's like living word. And it's like I could read this year. I could read this whole book.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, I just read Amos. It's like three chapters. I actually think it's Amos. Amos.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

It's because I knew Amos.

[A]

You knew it? Amos?

[B]

Yeah. In Louisiana. There was a. Like guys. Yeah, I remember I literally. I can see his face. Anyway, I swear it's Amos. Anyways, I'm gonna call him Amos now. He got me off track. But I read that story and it was very encouraging because he was like, just an. It was encouraging to me going, knowing like what God's called me to like do this ministry and create this event and stuff. And a lot of times I feel not enough in all the things. And so having to read stories about like, you know, Jesus didn't always pick the prime people. No, he never really did.

[A]

No.

[B]

So I'm reading about Amos, which is, I think it's actually the shortest book in the Bible. It's three chapters.

[A]

Yeah. I mean the, the disciples were like a bunch of misfits.

[B]

Yeah. And so it's just like, it just is a story about like a guy who was like a nobody, but like really turned it around. And so it just reminds me like I don't have to be like. And I'm never going to be God. He is as long as I continue. And. And I think that's why I have like an ambition to like, to like know him more is because I feel, I feel not enough a lot. And so I know that I need him more because I feel not enough a lot. And so that story reminded me like, it's okay. Like I'm. You don't have to be perfect, you don't have to be enough because God already knows you're enough.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, and you, you walk with him and you are enough, you know, and so it was just like, that's what I'm saying. Like I could read that and if I read that five years ago, I never, I could have not have gotten the same perspective out of it, you know, And I could say that about a lot of stories in the Bible. But back onto the topic of how do you find this balance? And I would say like, yes, we are non stop. If I look back to where, you know, quits were Babies. And at home, like, there was just no time to breathe, no time to eat. I was actually very malnourished, like a hundred pounds. If you look back at those episodes, I was super skinny, but it was really. I learned to just really find like those. It could be two minutes, and maybe that was all I had of the day. But I took value of those two minutes. And I feel like if I gave two minutes or if I gave two hours or two days or whatever it was, it was about what was the quality of my time with. With God. Not necessarily how much time did I check the box? It wasn't about. It's not about checking the box. And I'm a check the box kind of person. And so I kind of learned that with the busyness of life was that, you know, a lot. But a lot of my love language too, is like, quality time. And so I learned that, like, man, I'm sitting in this car and car rider line and it is quiet. I'm just gonna. I'm gonna. I'm gonna just pray right now. I'm gonna talk to God right now. I'm gonna do my Bible study right now. I'm gonna. Like, it's little, little bitty moments that those of you who are listening, who are asking, like, how do I do this? Or if. If you don't have a Bible, like, you can find this anywhere. There's the Bible app. There's all kind of. You can. You can Google it, you can chat it, you can. I mean, you can do anything to get the. The can go to more Dell and actually get the actual Bible. But it really just starts with being intentional in making a habit. Just like you make a habit to eat healthy. Just like you make a habit to go to the gym. Just like you, you know, make a habit to go, you know, see your friends or, you know, to be with your family or whatever it is, you got to make it a habit. You know, God wants to have a relationship with you, and to have a relationship, it takes you given time. Yeah, he. So that's what it's going to take from you. We don't have enough time. Right? None of us have enough time. But you have to just find the time. Okay? Every day you have a window. When you're sitting on a toilet, there's your time. Everybody's going to sit on the toilet. Give some. Give one of those times. Jesus.

[A]

I don't think my mom does.

[B]

What? That's weird. Why would you say that? Taking moments. They don't have to be anyone Else's time span of, you know what, you know, it's not a, it's not a race. It's not a race of like, oh, well, I spent this much time today reading my Bible and it's like, you could read all you want, but what did you intake? So when we talk about like Bible plans, reading plans and stuff like that, there's, there's, there's some weeks where I might read the same four sentences every day. Just really, really taking it in and being like, what does this mean? Like, wow, this is so powerful and just, you know, doing like a study on, on that. Or sometimes I might be able to read three chapters of something because it's, I'm feeling it and I can understand and like, what God speaking to me in that moment. So there's no perfect, there's no perfect, like, way.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Would you agree with that? That's how, that's how I feel.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And that's what I've learned.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, he prefers your heart over your just head knowledge.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And so I mean, I mean, there's people that just know the Bible inside and out, but is there any fruit from that?

[B]

Right.

[A]

I mean, a lot of, A lot of atheists, like, have read the Bible cover to cover and I mean, they have head knowledge, but he doesn't have their heart.

[B]

Yeah. And we actually know people who, who know scripture, but their lives don't reflect it. And I know that we've walked through seasons and, you know, our lives of, you know, in the 20 years we've been married and together and stuff like, of navigating through what does it mean to be a Christian and how, and how your life changes and, you know, the obstacles and stuff we go through and how do you, how do you apply what, you know to scenarios and stuff that you walk through and also just, you know, finding, finding those moments in your day because we all have them. We all have them. Just like I said, when you're in the shower, I love, I love worship music or praying when I'm in the shower, when you're in the bathroom. Like, these are moments that I know a lot of people are doing either daily. And so it's like, that is something that you can do when you're sitting in the car at a red light. You know, as far as, like, for the family change, like, what can you do for, like, for your family? Like, how can you, how can you change a habit, like, for your family? I know something that we do in our house is, you know, especially we used to have all kind of. We used to have dance parties all the time when the kids were little. I mean, it would be like dance parties, but it wasn't. It wasn't like, necessarily like popping today's hits, pop music. Sometimes it was, but a lot of times, as your kids get older, you're like, whoa, I don't want to hear those words come out of their mouths. And so you have to change, like, what are we listening to? And so now we're going to be listening to some force Frank with them and stuff. It's some fun music. You know, there's some dances to that.

[A]

Yeah, but you also, like, I mean, just getting the girls involved, making it their own. I mean, you went not long ago, and y' all went to the Christian bookstore and they all picked out, like, a devotional for children in the clearance section. Yeah, well, there's tons of stuff. I mean, there's like, brand new books in their clearance section. It's weird what you can find in there, but. Yeah, and. And the girls, like, you know, they were excited that was theirs and they had that, and so they took ownership in that.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But it leads to, like, a lot of questions. I mean, even just taking your kids to church and them learning stuff at church, and then they. They come home with questions or, you know, what did you learn today? And stuff like that. And it opens the door for questions and just to keep that dialogue going with them throughout the week, you know, just keeps their little brains going.

[B]

Yeah, and it's. It's really. It's really. You know, if you're a family that goes to church on Sunday morning or Saturday night, or maybe you're a Wednesday night. I mean, whichever day that you go as a family, try to do something intentional afterwards. Because we know our children are going to, you know, when they're smaller, they're. They're going to intake a little bit of, like, whatever activity or whatever they did. But our thing is that, like, if we go to lunch or whatever we want to talk about, like, we want to kind of just ask a question, like, hey, what did you. What did you color today at church? What was on your picture? Well, who did you color? Like, just something to ask them or like, if they come back with a craft or. Or whatever. And it's just, to me, as a. As a mom and not growing up with having those type of classes and like, lessons as a kid, because I just did ccd and they weren't like that. We didn't color and do those things. And learning the Gospel. And I think it's so beautiful to my heart. So I know it makes God's heart smile when it's like I can hear them recite something or know something and repeat something. And we see across the board out of all of our kids, how each of them. How something might stir in each of them differently. Something might lead to another question. One of them could care less or, you know, and it's very all different. And so you kind of just have to keep engaging. But that conversation, family time conversation is a very valuable time. And as our kids are going to. It's like one of our favorite things is like dinner time. Yeah, like dinner conversations.

[A]

Like, yeah, for sure.

[B]

What did you love today? What happened? And now. Now it's starting to become the after school, the van conversation. We had it today because we go to pick Blake and we have about 15 minutes in the car. So it was, tell me, what was your good today? Then Riley goes, well, I know what my good wasn't because you didn't bring me my water bottle that I left at home. Like, hey, now. Hey, now. Anyway, so I think you have any other comments for no. Today. I think as we close this episode out, hopefully you've gotten some insights of some little things that you could do. And. And I feel like I was even saying, like, just do it. Just next time you're at the red light or on the toilet, in the shower, whatever, just say a prayer.

[A]

Yeah. Stop worrying about it and just are thinking you don't have enough time. Just find the time and just peel back those little moments and create a habit.

[B]

Yeah. So we'll just close out this podcast with have you thinking about what's one thing you can cut out this week to make that space for God or how are you going to incorporate it into your day? So thanks for listening.

[A]

Yep. And let us know.

[B]

And let us know.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Adam's. We're filming at night, so Adam's like, he's. He's drowning.

[A]

I cannot do this at night. And we're doing it at night.

[B]

It's like, I go, anyways, just remember, guys, you don't have to do everything. God never asked you to carry it all. He just asked you to seek him first. So peace out, guys.

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