Time With the Lord

Years ago I read a book called Homeschooling: A Patchwork of Days by Nancy Lande.  The subtitle is: Share a Day with 30 Homeschooling Families.  These were all Christian families, as I recall.  And the thing that stuck with me is how the mothers in these families made it a priority to have their Time With The Lord each day.  Whether it was 15 minutes or an hour, these mothers knew how important it was to read the Bible, pray, and meditate before they tackled the day.
We know this, too, right?  But do we do it?  Do we put our relationship with the Lord as the top priority of our day?  I know when I do, my day goes so much better!
My Time With The Lord starts before I get out of bed.  I may lay there an extra 30 minutes after the last feeding of the baby, talking with the Lord, planning out my day, thanking Him for another day with my precious family. 
Then, on the good days, I hit the treadmill for a 30 minute walk with scripture reading.  (If I am walking outside, I listen to the scriptures on my mp3 player.)  I try to look for at least one thing I learned from my reading, or one thing the Spirit taught me as I read.

I recently came across this idea for scripture reading:
Wendy Watson Nelson has a book called Change Your Questions, Change Your Life.  In it she suggests the following:

The “Take a Daily Question to the Scriptures for 30 Days” Experiment
Begin each of the thirty days of this experiment by asking yourself:
What is the one question I most need to have answered today—the question that is burning in my heart and mind, burdening me—the question that is troubling my life?
Then:
•Take your scriptures and kneel down and thank your Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the scriptures.
•Ask for the Spirit to be with you as you seek an answer to your one question for that day. Picture the Holy Ghost being right there with you as you read.
•Ask your Heavenly Father the one question you most need to have answered that day.
•Open your scriptures and read until you find the answer.
It is my experience, and the witness of so many others, that you won’t have to read very far before you will find what you are looking for.

One last thought, from the January Ensign.  The last page had an article by Aaron L. West about how the Lord wants to be found.  It has been resonating in my heart all week! 
What does your Time With The Lord look like?  What would you like it to be?