Different kind of quiet time

I had a LONG DAY. You know the kind I mean? The kind where you get home super late and are still working in your head long after it's over? The kind where you call your husband and say let's meet for dinner somewhere because it's too late to make dinner?

So, shocker, it took me a while to wind down and I didn't get as much sleep as I wanted to. I've come to realize my weight issues are very hormonal. My stress levels and lack of sleep are sabotaging all of the efforts I'm making to eat right. So, I make a real effort to sleep 7 hours each night, or at least 6. This night I was only going to get 5.

So I decided to get up a little late and extend my sleep for an hour. It would mean my half hour of quiet time in the morning was gone, but I reasoned I needed the sleep.

When I woke up, I began getting ready and listened to bible app (end of 2 Corinthians and beginning of Galatians) while I did. I even had time to sit and pray for a few minutes.

My 30 minutes of quiet time in the morning are very importante to me. They make a huge difference in my day. However, today I feel like I made the right call. I feel more rested than had I pushed myself to cut out that extra hour of sleep.

I don’t like to cut corners and am covetous of this time but part of my problem is I am all or nothing, I compartmentalize and focus only on physical health or only on spiritual health. But that's not how it works. Today I made the choice to do the best I could, all things considered, and not give up altogether, despite not reaching the goals I set. I decided to seek God and some spiritual peace in the time I had, knowing my physical limitations. As I heard in Galatians today, if I could fulfill the law myself, then Christ died for nothing (Galatians 2:22)