What is the first thing you reach for in the morning?
For many people, it is the phone.
Before our feet touch the floor, we have already checked notifications, messages, social media, emails, and headlines.
Within minutes, our minds are filled with everyone else’s needs.
What if we changed the order?
What if we gave God the first five minutes?
Pamela Nance Johnson’s You’re Not Too Busy: It’s God’s Time Anyway! encourages readers to examine how they make room for God within busy lives.
Five minutes might not sound significant.
But five intentional minutes can change the direction of an entire day.
Imagine beginning with gratitude instead of notifications.
Prayer instead of pressure.
Scripture instead of scrolling.
Silence instead of noise.
The responsibilities will still be waiting.
The emails will still need answers.
The children may still need attention.
Work still has to get done.
But you enter those responsibilities from a different place.
That is the power of intentional time.
We often say we want a stronger relationship with God while waiting for life to become less busy.
But when exactly is that supposed to happen?
There will probably always be something demanding our attention.
The answer may not be finding more time.
It may be becoming more intentional with the time we already have.
A 31-day devotional provides a practical way to begin.
One day.
One reading.
One reflection.
One prayer.
Then you return tomorrow.
Spiritual habits grow through consistency.
And consistency does not require perfection.
If you miss a day, begin again.
If your quiet time gets interrupted, return when you can.
The goal isn’t to create another responsibility that makes you feel guilty.
The goal is relationship.
God isn’t another appointment to squeeze into an overcrowded calendar.
Faith can become the foundation from which everything else is approached.
So tomorrow morning, before the world starts asking for pieces of you, consider giving God five minutes.
You may eventually want ten.
Or twenty.
But start where you are.
Five minutes.
One prayer.
One Scripture.
One quiet moment.
Sometimes small beginnings lead to significant changes.
Begin your journey with Pamela Nance Johnson’s You’re Not Too Busy: It’s God’s Time Anyway!
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