Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Can't Wait 'Til You Get Your "Life" Back?

"I can't wait until the kids go back to school! It will be so good to get my "life" back and have some time to myself."

"This kid is driving me nuts! I am looking forward to when he is....sleeping through the night, weaned, potty trained, in school,....driving himself to things, graduated, married!"

Have you heard comments like this? I hear them all the time. Sometimes, they whisper in the recesses of my own brain, whether I speak them out loud or not.

On a recent occasion, I was folding laundry and my 10-month-old seemed intent on undoing everything I was trying to accomplish. He'd pull piles off the bed, hang on my skirt or just fuss. I confess, my first thoughts were like those above, then I thought, "I'm here because of my family...because I've decided to devote my life to be a full-time mother to these children. They don't get in the way of my life....they are my life!

These words came spilling out of my lips, and I've been singing them ever since when Satan tries to get me to view my children as a burden rather than a blessing:

Tryin' to get the meal on,
There he is again,
Underfoot, in the way
How am I gonna get through this day?

Breakin' up a fight or two,
Stop to tie a shoe,
Get 'em dressed, out the door
What on earth am I here for?

This is LIFE
Precious life you're given
In the form of little ones
Crawling on the floor.
This is LIFE
Ev'ry moment counting
Toward the life we're headin' for 
With Him forevermore.

Lovin' them to Heaven,
Big job, it's true
Sometimes I slip, even fall,
How can I do it all?

Then He holds His hand out
Says, "Give them back to Me,
I have fashioned every part,
I alone win back their hearts."

This is LIFE
Precious life you're given
In the form of little ones
Crawling on the floor.
This is LIFE
Ev'ry moment counting
Toward the life we're headin' for 
With Him forevermore.

"Child, these children are not yours. They are just on loan to you until this life is o'er."

But for now....
This is LIFE
Precious life you're given
In the form of little ones
Crawling on the floor.
This is LIFE
Ev'ry moment counting
Toward the life we're headin' for 
With Him forevermore.


This post linked to:
A-Wise-Woman-Builds-Her-Home

2 comments:

  1. It is easy to become frustrated with the current season and impatient for the next one. My 4 children are 5 and younger so I have days like that. Thanks for the encouragement to enjoy the moment I am in!

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  2. So glad this encouraged you! You do have quite a challenge with so many so small, but it's a good challenge! Keep up the good work!

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