Goal: read my scriptures

Tonight was relief society night and I'm so glad I went because there were so many eye openers for me and such great insight. First off I was kind of like "Hey! Why didn't I know about this and help plan this meeting??" It has been hard to adjust to not being in the Relief Society Presidency. It's hard to not work with Jolene and not be involved with what goes on behind the scenes. It was weird and I got a little sad to be honest. 3 years is a long time. Anyways back to what I learned. The meeting was called "sweet is the word" and it was all about studying the scriptures and finding new techniques and ideas to get us and keep us motivated. And it got me thinking about running and how it's important to me and I sacrifice a lot of sleep for it and I hate going a day without it and how I WILL MAKE TIME FOR IT. Well aren't my scriptures important and shouldn't they be a priority and shouldn't I make time for them? And I should stop making excuses and saying I don't have time to study because I do. We all do. If I can sacrifice sleep for running then I can sacrifice sleep for my scriptures. Pretty soon it will be getting cold here and darker in the mornings and I know that running will start to dwindle and I might not get out so much this winter. But I can still wake up and use that time to study my scriptures and be the mom who is a "light" for her kids. Because reading my scriptures will help me to be calm and patient and will invite the spirit into our home and into my life so I can receive revelation for my kids to help guide them through this life. And so also this night I have decided to give up reading blogs (for the time being anyways) and to save all reasons I might need to be on the computer for times when the kids are in bed so that I am not taking time away from them. This also includes giving facebook a rest and not checking it all day on my phone. This will lead to more "quality" time with my girls and will teach them that my life does not revolve around others lives and what they are doing or creating and will say to them and myself that our life IN THE PRESENT is MORE important. I will replace my breakfast and morning blog reading with eating breakfast while reading my scriptures. This will not only bless me but it will show my kids that the scriptures are important to me. Last thing I want is for my kids to grow up and for someone to ask them what they remember most about their mom and have them say "I remember her on the computer a lot". I would rather have them say "She was always reading her scriptures". What a bigger impact that would be. This is my goal and it won't be easy but I will take it day by day.