It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that my home must look the ones on HGTV. It's also easy to start thinking that my home is not up to par if it's not perfectly clean.
THUS the purpose of this blog post.
So I will remind you dear girl-
life is not perfect. Nor are you, neither is your home to be.
We can strive for excellence, we can work to bring God glory in how we clean, take care of our children, dogs etc...
We can fold clothes till midnight for the glory of God and the good of our husbands, and we can have hot meals ready for the hungry husband when he walks through the door.
HOWEVER--- this will not always be the case. There are days, soup spills out onto the counter. Kids yell at eachother, mommy (who has not showered) loses her cool, and dinner burns. It's life. And that's the truth.
SO what do we do when the kids scream and dinner burns? What do we do when the laundry piles up and we feel as though there are insufficent funds in the energy bank of life?
We have grace for ourselves.
We put down the broom.
We make some coffee.
We go potty. *truth*
We kiss our kids.
We thank God for the messy house because at least we have a house.
We thank God for the kids because we have them.
We praise God that we are alive.
And we praise Him for anything else we can think of.
So dear girl-
If the dishes are piling up- and your honey is due home any minute, you still have not showered and your kids are looking as though they might need 4 baths tonight to get clean, give yourself grace. Each day is unique, chances are tomorrow you will feel like super mom.
God gave you this day in all it's glory so praise Him for it.
You can eat cherios for dinner. Your family won't die.
You can shower later-
and your children will one day get along. Just pray for the grace for today, and rest in the fact that God is helping you through.
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