Oh, the number of times I have woken up or maybe gotten halfway through a day that started great and then there is the umpteenth accident from the potty trainee, or the 5th time I have had to clean up the same mess the very same day, I keep stubbing my toe, both children are throwing a fit about everything and seem to keep wanting the same toy at the same time.......I'm sure you have been there.
It isn't always fun. Raising children isn't all "I love you mommy's" and hugs and kisses with a sparkling kitchen in the background.
Sometimes I just feel like I am losing my mind. But, when this happens I have slowly but surely come to realize: It isn't that bad. Life is good, life is sweet and every mess I clean I am thankful that I have two hands to clean it and eyes to see when my child is in trouble with something and needs my helping hand and can watch them sleep peacefully each in their own warm bed at night....safe and sound.
It isn't always easy to feel so grateful, to always believe deep down that life in all it's glory and chaos is a beautiful gift. But it is.
Now, I'm not saying I keep a great attitude daily and that I am all laughs and giggles all the time, no way. This is real life we are talking about after all. But, practice makes perfect and even when I don't "feel like it" I try to practice a thankful heart. "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he" Proverbs 23:7
I have lived through the worst of it, we have lost a child, she is in heaven. Believe me, it can get worse than spilled milk and potty training accidents along side some burnt supper and a late from work husband. It can get much, much worse.
So, when the chips are down....on the floor I just swept....and the kitchen gets too hot to handle in the heat of summer I just remember that I have my children, my husband, my health and most importantly my salvation and the comfort of a loving God to see me through the darkest of times and I smile (even if I still don't feel like it), and sing a little song of praise in my heart to help get my bad attitude back in check.
"...but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed..." Romans 5:3-5
So let us practice good thoughts together, remembering to "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things" Philippians 4:8
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