Her to-do list was longer than a track of mud on a clean floor, and needed to be done in a week.  Things to do at home… things to do at church….things she hadn’t even thought of yet…and still make time to actually look at and speak to her family members.  Oops—better begin with devotions (she was slightly annoyed and embarrassed that this did not spring to mind as a first choice).  Then what came to mind was:

-maybe researching for the Bible study lesson could double as devotions

-wait—I’d better run and (empty the trash, iron, etc.) first—it’ll take just a minute…..

-well, just a quick peek at my in-box wouldn’t hurt…I wouldn’t actually have to sit down and answer e-mails yet… 

No, she thought…first, get my Bible.  Next, pick a chair in another room far away from the computer.  Finally, open my Bible for devotions, which today was Psalm 70.

First verse: “Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord.”   Okay, Lord, I needed that.  You understand that I am “poor and needy” (v. 5), and you have everything I require for right now here in Your Word.  You have set aside a little time and place where I may come and rejoice and be glad in You, and say “Let God be magnified.”  You are simply waiting for me to “make haste”. What if I miss it?