Some Days We Have It, Other Days We Don't

Most days I feel confident about my job as a mother.  Other days I fail miserably.  I compare myself to other (better) moms, read books to enhance my mothering skills (which often increase guilt), and sing hymms when I feel I will lose my temper.  I am not perfect, they are not perfect, and my husband isn't perfect.  I try to remember that my Savior is perfect.  That he died for me because he knew I wasn't perfect.  This tends to increase my joy.  I am consistently learning, growing, and trusting God for contentment.   

I know I'm not the only mother who at times feels tied down to my home, nervous when all three children are whining, or angry when I realize my 4 year old went pee all over the bathroom floor.   It helps me to stop and realize "why" I am rearing my children.  There is more to my daily job than meets the eye.  I am learning in my Beth Moore study "Breaking Free", how God has chosen me to stand up and change a family heritage of bondage.  I choose to build generations of God- Followers, and men who love the Lord, and whom will stand up for God.  My job "right" now is blessed.  I have the opportunity of assisting God in raising a new God oriented generation.  I desire to do my very best, to be a Proverbs 31 woman.  My desire is to reveal to my boys the love of God.  I want them to feel God in my speech, my touch, and my unselfish ambitions for their lives.  Lord, help me to throw off any baggage I have on my shoulders. Baggage that holds me down, and takes my focus off of my God-given duty to mother my children.  Help me please Father, to "ALWAYS" see the humor in their child-like curiousity, to discipline defiance, and to guidle their anger through prayer and never "RETURNED" anger.  I thank you from the bottom of my heart for my three boys.  I thank you for the opportunity to raise them according to your word, and praise you for their adorable, beautiful, and silly child-like behaviors.   

Mathew 18:1-6 ( Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?  He called a little child and had him stand among them.  And he said: " I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.  Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.  But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea."