Homemaking With Intention

Today I will..... ....Remember that my children are not my own . They belong to God. They are HIS and I am borrowing them. I will remember that HE loves them more then I do. Today I will .......R emember t hat being a toddler is hard. I will remember that being a mom of a toddler (or 3!) is hard. Today I will give us both grace as we lean to be a toddler and a grown up with a toddler! Today I will..... .....be both fruitful and productive. Both are valuable. Both are important. But if the day dictates that I must choose- I will chose to be fruitful! Today I will..... ......Not get frustrated with my children for being children. Instead I will remember that God has charged me with training and teaching them. That I model the behavior that they will imitate. I will remember that my children are learning and that I GET to teach them. I will remember what a blessing that is!!   Today I will...... ....Remember that the only effecti...

"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us" -1 John 5:14 "Don't judge a book by it's cover." That's what I kept thinking after I got off the phone with one of my girlfriends. She shared some devastating news with me. The kind of news that is all to common in our society but devastating none the less. She was the girl that had it all together. I love her dearly but I have also always been *slightly* jealous of her. She has many traits that I often wish I had! To be honest after talking with her and hearing her news, I felt terrible. I totally judged her, and I got it all wrong. I always thought she had it together, that things were perfect for her. But they aren't. And silly me for thinking that way, they aren't for anyone! I can honestly say all these years we have been friends and I have barely prayed for her. I have a few friends who are going though tough spots ...

My husband and I will be celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary next Saturday.  Years ago if you asked me to make a list of what I thought was important in a spouse I may have said something like this: -Good looking -Funny -Likes to travel (which is so silly because I am a total home body!) -Smart -Not too controlling (or dominate). -I also remember telling someone, "My husband WILL wear a wedding ring or I wont marry him." -Loyal and faithful in marriage. -Someone who loves animals After 6 years of marriage and 4 kids, looking at this list I see so much fault in it! Some of these things are so totally not important! But, even though my head knows this, some days I forget how lucky I am. A few days ago God used my son to help me remember! I was upstairs changing the baby when my oldest came up and said, in the whiniest voice she could muster up: "Brother tried to flush my Ellie down the potty." (Ellie is a soft yellow lovie blanket with an elephant...