With this sleep training, I have been on top of reading my Bible. When Abby is crying in the middle of the night and I am wide awake, that 30 minutes is perfect for reading (and secretly, I am hoping God gives me some sort of wisdom or insight to help Abby soothe herself back to sleep...Hasn't happened yet).
However, sleep training is going great. I fed Abby before I went to bed at 10 last night. She was in her crib till 6:45 this morning. She did wake up crying 2 times in the middle of the night but put herself back to sleep and it only took 15-30 minutes. However, that is a long time with a baby crying in the middle of the night = hard on the momma.
On another note, My friend, Amy, sent me a text yesterday asking how sleep training was going. I love it that I have friends here who know the details of my life and ask me about them.
Anyway, the real reason for this post. I was reading I Samuel 3 last night...Here is the back story. Hannah wanted a baby really bad. She prayed and said "I will give this baby back to you if you give me one." The Lord honored her request and gave her Samuel and she gave him right back to the Lord (The Lord also gave her several other kids after Samuel...). Samuel worked under Eli in the temple. One night Samuel was sleeping in the temple and heard his name called. Three times he woke up and went into Eli's room and said, "You called me, what do you want?" The third time Eli realized that it was the Lord talking to Samuel and told Samuel to say, "Speak Lord for your servant is listening."
A few things that caught my eye about this chapter:
1. In those days the messages from the Lord were very rare and uncommon (vs. 1)
2. Samuel did not "yet" know the voice of the Lord because he had never had a message from the Lord (vs. 7)
3. Eli had to TEACH Samuel what to say...because Samuel hadn't heard the voice of the Lord before (vs. 9)
How many times has the Lord tried to call me? I may have not known how to respond or I may have mistaken it for something else. I think this is a great reminder that we all need to be ready to hear what the Lord has to say.
Such a great post for moms. I feel like we can get so wrapped up in what we have to do with the babies, and the house and working, and it becomes increasingly hard to LISTEN. I myself spend so much time talking to God, and reading my bible, and praying, but it takes a great amount of effort to still my head and my heart and listen.
ReplyDeleteI find myself daily asking that my heart be open to what the Lord has to tell me, and that I have a heart ready to listen. Sometimes what we are called to do is not easy and sometimes it is so simple. The hardest part is being ready to hear whatever it is.
On a side note: Sleep training is so hard on momma! I am so proud of you and I know you can make it through!