All These Things

I've wanted my own blog for a long time.  I hesitated because so many of my friends have started wonderful blogs of their own.  But I love to write.  My days as an author actually precede my physical capacity to write.  Before I could form pen strokes into legible words, I dictated my works to my mom who graciously recorded them.  I then illustrated my "book" to complete it.  My favorite is the story of Big Blue.  But that is for another post...

The phrase "all these things" appears in Scripture 56 times in 22 different books.  One of my favorite verses that it appears in is Luke 2:19, "But Mary kept all these things, and pondered [them] in her heart."  The verse is referring to the miraculous events surrounding the birth of Christ.  I imagine that Mary spent many hours rehearsing the birth of her Son.  There must have been many details that continued to amaze her years after his birth.  The birth of my daughter continues to amaze me!  Giving birth to the Son of God is beyond my imagination.  Another very fitting verse for my blog is Romans 8:37, "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."  In fact, that is perhaps the perfect verse for this mother.

Just recently I was feeling terribly overwhelmed with housework.  It seems that no matter how many hours I spend each day, I am never finished.  Now, I do realize that  by nature housework will never end.  However, at the end of many days, things just seem worse than when the day began.  I can easily get caught up in my to-do list and become impatient with my daughter.  She doesn't understand the importance of typing recipes to print on 4x6 cards nor my sense of urgency to get it done before her brother arrives.  Imagine that!  Recently, I have noticed that she behaves so much better when she feels that she is getting all the attention from me that she is requesting.  Sometimes typing an email to her daddy can take an hour because I am interrupted every two minutes.  Often, it is just a hug, but many times she needs more. What am I really to conquer in a day?  It seems like there should be SOMETHING tangible done at the end of every day.  The end of Matthew 6:34 says "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."  Each day holds its own joys and challenges, but there is always something in which I can find victory.

So, "all these things" will refer to many different topics.  They may not always be pleasant topics (can wiping dirty bottoms really be pleasant?!?), but I will alway seek to find the good.  Despite my frustrations, I adore being a homemaker and a mother.  What wonderful jobs they are!  I look forward to sharing my journey with you!