I was thinking about my early years as a wife and mother. I stank at it, truely stank. I yelled to much. I got to frustrated to easily. My expectations were way to cinderellaish and hardly realistic. I was a control freak and yet wanted Tom to figure out what I wanted him to control. Poor thing, How did he survive it?
I would cry because I couldn't figure out how to get something to work or because I couldnt figure out how to make someone else stop crying.
I would flip flop, one day thrilled to be a wife and mom and the next missing that feeling of working and wondering what the world thought of little mommy me. My big accomplishments were getting a great deal on meat and reading book after book to the kids.
I remember the day I first saw Marthat Stewart on TV. I cried like a toddler. I was thinking I cant even draw a stick figure and this women can do everything. I never felt my house was clean enough, decorated well enough, food quite gourmet enough, etc. The worst part was, I thought everyone else had it all together and I didnt.
It took several years for me to realize that loving my family, taking care of them and keeping my home was not just a honorable job it was a ministry. Infact it was the only ministry that only I could do and no one else,talk about being called. Only I had been called to love and honor my husband and be his helper, encourage him, help him become the man God wanted him to be. It was my ministry. Only I was called to teach my children the alphabet and show them who God is! I was entrusted with the huge task of discipling them so that they love God more then anything. I was responsible to care for Children of the King.
I may have had a small congregation but my little family of 4 was my ministry and I was going to do it the very best I could. If your feeling today like being that wife and mother is not very exciting, well ministry is sometimes like that. It has its highs and lows, but it is the ministry God has called you to. Its important to him and its so worth all the effort you give it.
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Well said. I find the job of wife and mother to be VERY exciting and can't wait to be home full-time to really do my job. Thank you for always encouraging me. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Chele! I was about wanting to call it quits last night after a very trying day with overtired boys--almost wishing I could just walk away and start over. But what you say is so true! This is not a job I can walk away from, I can't just start a new career. This is a ministry that God has unquestionably called me to for the rest of my life! I can and will perform it to the best of my ability --> with God's help of course :) :) (even if I'm not Martha Stewart LOL)
ReplyDeleteI am soooo encouraged that I could encourage someone else. Keep up the God work ladies.
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