Motherhood & Monday Mornings on the Homestead; Redeeming the time

Happy Monday Everyone! Ahh...yes Monday morning, you know the first morning of the beginning of the long week ahead. For our family, we look forward to the peacefulness that Monday morning brings. We slowly wake up, rested from a busy weekend. We each get something in our bellies and start the day out by relaxing together in the living room. As the morning progresses, the children head outside to get their morning chores started. I, Mama, pour my second large cup of coffee and spend some time with my two babies. Dishes...well...they can wait until the babys'morning naptime.

So earlier this morning, I spent a few minutes reading my Bible and chatting with my Hubby as he got himself out the door and off to work. Then I sipped on my first cup of coffee while my little 9 month old princess drifted back off to sleep in my arms. So glad she got to spend some precious moments with her Daddy too this morning. Next, my 8 year old son woke up and stumbled across the living room floor and tumbled onto the couch beside me wrapped in a big blanket. We turned on one of our audiobooks we are listening to and enjoyed the stillness of the house as everyone else was fast asleep. We even were blessed with a nice gentle rain this morning that didn't last very long but we MUCH appreciated it as long as it lasted( all Texans do). One by one, the children awoke. We each get something in our bellies and started the day out by relaxing together in the living room. As the morning progresses, the children head outside to get their morning chores started. I, Mama, pour my second large cup of coffee and spend some time with my two babies still in the living room eating dry cherios that are now spread across the carpet. I throw in my first load of laundry but dishes...well...they can wait until the babys'morning naptime.

I would not trade my position here as "wife" and "mama" for anything else in the world. After years of being deceived and lied to about what "being a woman" is in our society I have finally found a beautiful truth. As Sarah was often found "inside the tent", I too long to keep my feet at home, my hands busy, and my mind focused on things above. I am trying to embrace that part of femininity that I allowed the world to steal from me as a young girl and women. You know that part that they say is "mundane", "beneath us", the part that "would limit the use of our minds" and "is not worthy of a paycheck". Those highly honorable and precious moments throughout the day of wiping noses, tending to bug bites, changing diapers, cleaning up messes off the floor, scolding before someone becomes tragically hurt, sitting a child down to have a heart to heart talk, and of course the unspoken moments of smiles and hugs and eye contact made between a Mother and her children. Yes, this is the time that I want to redeem for the sake of my children. All of nature shows us the important role of motherhood and yet we, as humans, have dismissed it as menial and something that can be institutionalized into a daycare or schoolroom setting. No my sweet friend, Motherhood is a highly honorable position granted and ordained by God alone and one that grows and changes over time but can never be replaced by any other person on this earth not even for a few mere hours. No you can not pay a stranger to do this job for you nor can you try to reduce this job down to a few hours each evening with your child or squeeze it in on the weekends. This job is all consuming as it is the process that the Lord uses to refine you and reveal to you your sinful heart. He did give you each individual child for a specific reason to teach you and show you things about yourself. The same could be said about the position of a wife to her husband...well minus maybe the boo-boos and scolding!haha

I hope you enjoyed spending a few minutes with me this morning as I have very much enjoyed sharing my heart with you. Now, put on your apron and pull your hair up and get to work dear Sister as it is the most weighty and honorable position ever bestowed on you.

Colossians 3:23-24 King James Version
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.