I am a writer. I am also a mother, a home educator, a Pampered Chef consultant, a blogger, an account executive, a student, a wife, and a homemaker. I enjoy telling others about Jesus and sharing the love of the Lord with the lost, unsaved and unbelievers. When I started my blog, I thought it would be relatively simple to write a quick paragraph or two about life lessons the Lord was showing me each day or, at the very least, each week! What really happens is that I find myself often spread too thin to concentrate on my blog or my writing or my lesson plans for the week or my contact calls for clients or to be the wife and mother my family needs me to be.
This week, I am working on prioritizing my work. Everything I do this week will be with my family in mind first, and the work will be done to the best of my ability as unto the Lord. I've been reading Darlene Schacht's book, "The Good Wife's Guide" and have been so inspired to seek the Lord in serving my family. Whether we work outside the home or not, God has called wives and mothers to certain roles within their family, and we need to realize our jobs once again. (I will be reviewing this book soon, so be sure to check back for that post!)
One of my favorite verses is Proverbs 32 (Kerri Pomaroli)..."She rises late and her children make her breakfast!" The reality is, there IS no Proverbs 32. And I have been commissioned by the Lord to be diligent in all I do. I can't take on as many tasks as I want, but if it's not what the Lord would have me do, I'm going to burn out quickly and accomplish little in the things He has called me to do.
As wives and mothers, we owe it not only to our families but to our Heavenly Father to do the best work we can and not take on more than we can successfully complete with a degree of excellence and completeness. What will you do this week for your family? For your Lord that will allow you to humbly work with the best job you can do?
Read Proverbs 31 and Titus 2 this week. Don't be intimidated that you aren't out making clothes and buying land and guiding older moms into lives of reverence. Concentrate on the last part of each scripture...Her children respect and bless her; her husband joins in with words of praise: "Many women have done wonderful things, but you've outclassed them all!" (Proverbs 31:28-29, The Message); "Tell them all this. Build up their courage, and discipline them if they get out of line. You're in charge. Don't let anyone put you down." (Titus 2:15, The Message).
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