I was at my Community Bible Study group yesterday and was hit by amazing thought as I was listening to the lecture – God uses every type of mom to do amazing things – you may not be a strong woman (although I’m sure you are stronger than you think you are), but God uses you regardless of how strong you or how strong you think you are. I actually do consider myself to be a pretty strong woman – do you? I like to think that I can handle most things, both physically, and emotionally – but ya know what? I was struck by the fact that it’s not just me handling those things – God is right there along with me, carrying me through stuff that I would tend to think I’m doing all on my own. I know now that I don’t want to be just a strong woman, but instead a weak woman in the hands of a strong God!
This carries over into everyday life. Are you ever just fed up? Tired? Annoyed at your kids for just being kids? Tired of the everyday chores of cooking, cleaning, making lunches, giving baths, changing countless diapers and then knowing that you have to do it all over again tomorrow? I know I get stuck in that rut a lot – everyday seems to blend with the next and my eyes are so heavy I can barely remember what time to pick my kids up from school (and yes, you would think after 4 years of taking kids to school everyday that I would finally have the times down to a science, but not this mom – blame it on having 3 kids with totally different schedules)!
I’ve been studying Romans lately, and I’ve learned so much about Paul. He lived every moment of everyday as an act of worship – down to the smallest details. It’s a great way to live life – every moment of your “mom” day can be an act of worship to God and it all comes down to your attitude and perception. You can worship God in the way you treat your kids, the way you talk to your kids (especially when they are driving you crazy), by not only teaching a Sunday School class at your local church – but how you teach that class, by how you react to everyday situations – for example: when your child spills a cup of milk or if they drop a glass and it breaks. All of these situations and examples are acts of worship and just changing your perspective on these can totally change your attitude and the attitude of your children. See what I mean – you, MOM, can change the world!
My prayer today is to laugh. My life verse is Proverbs 31:25 “She is clothed in strength and dignity, she can LAUGH at the days to come!” I love this verse for so many reasons, but mostly because when I am in a stressful situation I have the hardest time controlling my attitude. A perfect example is right after we get home from school in the afternoons. All 3 of my kids are coming at me at the same time for different reasons – Rylyn wants a snack and will ask for it at least 10 times in the next minute, Makenzie wants to color and tell me all about her day at school (even though I picked her up from half day kindergarten a couple hours earlier) and then Coen will drop his backpack and shoes in the middle of the kitchen floor and start asking for a snack while he is also trying to tell me all about his day and wanting me to sign his planner. It’s a chaotic mess! Everyday it stresses me out – and don’t forget, during this entire 2 minutes or so Rylyn is still asking over and over and over for snack and escalating in noise level. Imagine trying to make a snack, field all those questions while walking over shoes and backpacks? It may not bother all of you, but for me, that TOTALLY stresses me out, and the really silly part is that once the few minutes pass and we get stuff put away and snacks made, then all is fine and dandy. But, if I let my attitude get the best of me, there is yelling and more stress and it all goes bad. I get like a split second decision to decide on how the rest of our afternoon will go. Will I worship God and be patient and kind and not say something that will hurt my kids? Or will I explode? It’s our choice. Worship or not?
Hard choice huh? I don’t want it to be a hard choice anymore. Pray, ask God for help! He will. I promise!
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