Come Prepared

Is anyone out there who did not get a shower until the evening because life happened? I know I'm guilty of that. To be the mom God wants us to be we have to be prepared. What happens when we don't come prepared for our day? No shower until 4? The day might look like this:: breakfast is served whenever you want it because mom is still in bed dreading to get up because she hears the spill of the cereal all over the floor and yelling amongst the children as to who's fault it was. She also knows that clean up will be her first task of the day because she hasn't trained them to clean up after themselves. Then wild play may begin because they have just finished their favorite TV show and now have "become" that character they just watched. Mom starts laundry and cleans up the dishes from breakfast and dinner last night as they play. She realizes she has to start thinking about lunch and dinner but have the boys brushed their teeth, changed their clothes and made their beds. She has to ask them to do that because they surely can't remember on their own. Finally, after lunch she has them go to their rooms for quiet time and she cleans up lunch and maybe takes a shower, but if she showers she won't have time to talk on the phone or play on the internet. After quiet time the video games may come on or the children go out to play, soon Daddy will be home so they rush around trying to pick up a little and she realizes at that moment another day went by and nothing of real importance was accomplished.


Oh, how the day can become total chaos and slip right by when we aren't prepared. It has happened a many of times in my house. Proverbs 29:17 says, "a child left to himself disgraces his mother". Honestly it's not the child's fault he is whinny and irritable it is ours for not taking the time to prepare to teach and guide that child throughout the day. We cannot expect our children to wake up and know what is expected of them if we do not teach them. Without guidance and training our homes will be total chaos. I have found that boys need routine and they need to know what is going to happen next. We as mom's, for our children's sake, need to come to our day prepared. Is our own planning good enough? I know that mine usually falls apart or I get frustrated because it's not going the way I planned. So start your day off right and meet with the One who cares about what you do with your day and your children. Seek the Lord's guidance as to how your day should go. What a better day it will be when you come prepared.

Cheri