I DO NOT LIKE CLUTTER and after almost 8 years of being a mom, I still can't get used to this...Every toy bin is scattered about, the new bunk bed is just sitting in the middle of the girls' play area because Hubby can't walk over all the toys to get the bed into the room, mail sprawled under neath the dining table, undone laundry, unfolded laundry, no where to sit on the couch. That's just the daily stuff and that's the 5 second tour of our home...Our house is small...We haven't even gotten to the cleaning yet...In the meanwhile, I am left here at home because Hubby has taken the girls out while the house is like this, thinking that leaving me here with quiet will help me rest. The situation will be the same tomorrow. Hubby has a scheduled engagement.
The girls have been very helpful when I am out in the living area supervising, but I haven't been out supervising since yesterday after my trip to the hospital...
To say the least, I am feeling anxious and overwhelmed because if I work, my pregnant body does not cooperate, so all I can do is continue resting and I'm trying not to get stressed by the mess...[SIGH]..."Don't worry about anything. Instead, tell God about everything. Ask and pray. Give thanks to him. Then God's peace will watch over your hearts and your minds because you belong to Christ Jesus. God's peace can never be completely understood."
I just said a prayer:
Dear Lord,
I am anxious and overwhelmed by the messy condition of my home. I pray that you would give me peace and even grace to understand that the house is like this not because of laziness but because I have been asked to rest right now and that resting right now is my way of serving a precious one's little life. Lord, thank you that despite this mess, my children are still alive; that they haven't hurt themselves or each other.
Thank you that this rest has protected this little baby to stay in the womb until now. Thank you that despite this mess, we have food to eat because you have provided for us through the body of Christ. Thank you that we continue to have clothes to wear, even if it means rummaging through the unfolded clothes to find them.
I pray that you would give me peace despite this mess and that peace would calm my anxious heart so that I do not respond in a sinful way towards my family.
In Jesus' name, Amen
Dear Lord,
I am anxious and overwhelmed by the messy condition of my home. I pray that you would give me peace and even grace to understand that the house is like this not because of laziness but because I have been asked to rest right now and that resting right now is my way of serving a precious one's little life. Lord, thank you that despite this mess, my children are still alive; that they haven't hurt themselves or each other.
Thank you that this rest has protected this little baby to stay in the womb until now. Thank you that despite this mess, we have food to eat because you have provided for us through the body of Christ. Thank you that we continue to have clothes to wear, even if it means rummaging through the unfolded clothes to find them.
I pray that you would give me peace despite this mess and that peace would calm my anxious heart so that I do not respond in a sinful way towards my family.
In Jesus' name, Amen
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