The first few weeks with a new baby are so ironic. The baby is basically sleeping all time... and somehow you're not sleeping at all. There is so little mental energy and so much change. You're in survival mode. But it's a lie that you are too busy, too tired, or that your schedule is too unpredictable to observe patterns of rest, reading Gods word, and prayer in the earliest days of the life of your child. You might believe that you can't afford to practice spiritual discipline because of the intensity of this season... the truth is, you can't afford not to. Abiding in Christ and his word abiding in us is crucial during that time when our fatigue and hormones are most likely to betray our minds and actions. But how? How do you adapt your usual experience and habits when this tiny human is wreaking havoc on all the order and predictability of your world?
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